SIR – I see the lecturers at a city college have been asked to take a pay cut or lose their jobs.

So it’s quite obvious they must take a pay cut, because it is so important to educate the young. But this is how the council should operate – instead of cutting services, get the staff on the very high salaries to take a cut then there would be no need to throw anyone on the dole.

JOHN SHEARON,
Worcester