THANK you, Matthew Laverack (Letters, December 20), for the biggest laugh of 2014. I haven’t stopped yet.

Fancy asking the people at the head of our councils to agree to a pay cut of 1.8 per cent, matching the cut in grant from the Government What came over you, Matthew? You only have to look at the situations around the country at how many heads of councils earn more than the Prime Minister.

How can this be allowed to happen? I appreciate they probably don’t earn this in York, but it is lucrative all the same. To be fair, it was only an idea I suppose, so we can’t be surprised if it doesn’t happen. Merry Christmas to one and all.

Les Steels, Tadcaster.