I NOTE that Councillor Steve Colella has called for a reorganisation of Hagley and Clent parish.

I try not to get involved in other council members’ wards, but in a time of heavy cutbacks in local government, I would question why this needs to be done now?

The cost of the changes will fall on the district council, not the parishes affected.

So in turn, all residents of our town will have to foot the cost for Cllr Colella’s folly.

The area which I represent is un-parished.

And now the folk of St Johns will be paying for work to be done by Bromsgrove Council in parished areas which have plentiful reserves in the bank accounts.

I ask Hagley Parish Council to give up its land grab or pay the bill for the work that will need to be carried out by Bromsgrove Council officers.

Councillor Rory Shannon Bromsgrove