LETTERS have been sent to two Government cabinet members from City of York Council raising concerns over the future of the health service and fewer police on North Yorkshire’s streets.

In two motions agreed at the last full meeting of the council, members asked chief executive Kirsten England to write to Conservative Health Secretary Andrew Lansley on a number of issues including York Hospital being forced to make up to £14 million in cuts over the next three years.

The council also wants Mr Lansley to scrap the controversial NHS reforms and “undertake meaningful consultation on the future of health and social Care”.

At the meeting earlier this month the council also resolved to write to Conservative Home Secretary, Theresa May.

The letter said: “Council notes recent riots in different cities in England and the Conservative/ Liberal Democrat Government’s proposed cuts to the police service which will lead to 200 fewer police officers on the streets of York and North Yorkshire.”

It went on: “Also, the decision to move the police commissioner election from May to November for purely party political purposes will lead to an additional £25 million cost to the taxpayer.”