HOW correct is the front page headline, “Regeneration job advert is a ‘sick joke’” (Echo, Aug 19).

Nobody will be laughing on Teesside as the unnecessary politically-enforced elected mayor keeps ratcheting up the cost with jobs for the London boys.

This new gravy train-type job won’t even be based in the North-East.

A London-based job adds more insult to injury as many on Teesside believe that there should be no need for such a job as we should still be producing steel in Redcar like the steelmakers at Scunthorpe and South Wales.

George Dunning, Ormesby

IF anyone from the North-East is lucky enough to make the shortlist for the new post as project lead for Tees Valley’s Mayoral Development Corporation they really will have to “get on their bike” as the job is London-based (Echo, Aug 19).

The job description says the successful candidate will be “inspiring leadership”. Correct me if I’m wrong, but a leader normally leads from the front – not 250 miles away! The last thing Tees Valley needs is another Invisible Man tribute act.

Whoever secures this highly paid part-time job will only have to travel on “occasional trips”

which basically means this is just another non-job for some London pen-pusher to place on his CV.

We know we have much modern technology – video conferencing and webcam – but this is the type of job which involves being right in the heart of the Tees Valley.

Stephen Dixon, Redcar