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SIR – As I predicted, successful actors, musicians, sports stars and political party supporters have predominated among the upper echelons of the King’s New Year Honours. Elsewhere, less well-known members of the public, who have worked selflessly with no thought for their own benefit, will be restricted to lesser awards.
The southern African nation had sought as much as $2.5 billion
Mozambique is another state battling State Capture. At the centre of one of Africa’s biggest corruption scandals is Swiss banking behemoth Credit Suisse.
SIR – Andrew Pearse (Letters, December 21) is right – the problems facing the NHS are far too great for one party to address, though I was pleased that Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, recognised the need for reform from the Labour benches.
SIR – In a free-market society, a sure sign that wages are not high enough is when employees leave to do something else.