Brexit aside, Tory policy is failing the whole of UK

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Graham Gooch, former cricketer, Kate Buffery, actress, Woody Harrelson, actor, Slash, rock guitarist Monica Lewinsky, former White House intern ACROSS the country every aspect of civic provision is under threat.

Cuts in central funding have left local authorities to cut services from libraries to social care, parks to road maintenance.

The NHS is underfunded and social care looms.

Schools report a cash shortage that is leading to teacher redundancies, the probation service and the police service both face a crisis in funding.

Little social housing is being built and waiting lists rise along with rents.

Meanwhile, benefit cuts have increased the number of children living in poverty and the numbers turning to food banks for help. Many disabled people have had their right to benefit challenged.

None of this is a consequence of membership of the European Union and will not therefore change when the UK leaves the EU.

It is a result of Conservative policies since 2010.

While one may take great delight from Theresa May’s current discomfort as she is squeezed between the realities of the needs of British industry and the posturing of her extremist wing, it is nothing compared to the very real discomfort her party has caused to ordinary people across Britain.

For the majority Toryism isn’t working and the promised ‘taking back control’ will be as meaningless as the rest of their promises. YOUR correspondent Michael Cater feels betrayed by Prime Minister Theresa May.

I suggest that we have all been betrayed by politicians, be they national or local.

Brexiteers and Remainers conned the public since they were not knowledgeable enough about the economic problems that needed to be tackled to produce an acceptable result, nor were they prepared to tell us how our frontier problems could be resolved.

Your report that Kirklees has written off £13 million of council tax compared to £4 million by Leeds makes me feel betrayed by our local politicians and their highly paid executives.

Perhaps they could ask Leeds how they perform so well?

Perhaps also they could inform the electorate why they have been blaming national politicians for cuts to local services when they could have done so much better themselves?

Betrayed by politicians? Referendum answer YES.