AS a direct result of the Conservative policy to cut the financial budget to the fire service, it seems that Merseyside must save £26m.

This seems to mean a loss of jobs across the region, the merging of crews and the closure of some fire stations.

One closure is West Kirby fire station, a strategically important one for the people of west Wirral.

One of the proposals from the fire chief is to merge West Kirby and Upton stations and create a new one in the centre of Greasby village at the cost of the best part of £3m.

The people of Greasby may be forgiven for feeling persecuted by the latest proposals, having fought a spirited, if futile, battle against supermarket giant Sainsbury’s latest local store on a site in the centre of the village.

The Tory Party policy, as I understand it, is urging people to have a say in what goes on in their community and to get people more involved.

Well, the people of Greasby could not be more involved.

The latest proposal could see a fire station with a forty-foot tower built on an area right in the middle of the village, which would see the demolition of a thriving community centre which has just been refurbished and a library, which is also home to a much-loved children’s centre.

I was not surprised that there was no council representation at the meeting in Greasby the other night, they could have been left in no doubt as the the level of public feeling about this proposal.

Residents of Greasby are angry and feel let down by the council and the general feeling is that yet again this is a done deal and we have no redress.

Jo Naylor, Frankby.