IN reply to 'Disgruntled Yicker' (Dear Star, March 23) and in fairness to St Helens Council, I must point out that the revenue support grant from central government was £1.2 million less than last year.

I am therefore puzzled at the deafening silence from St Helens North MP, Dave Watts. As council leader, he was most vociferous about cuts in funding under the previous government.

Ken Rigby, Poplar Avenue, Eccleston.