COUNCILLOR Shore if she said “We can no longer afford to subsidise car parking ....” has misunderstood the concept of vulnerability.

If shoppers decide to do all their shopping in out of town centres with free parking, the shops in Northwich will suffer, rates will become more difficult to pay by failing businesses and there will be less for the local authority to transfer to those in need.

Parking charges in Northwich, which is only just starting to recover from the slump of 2007/8 is a mistake which all those with wisdom can clearly see but those in responsible positions who have little, cannot identify.

Max Morrison Northwich