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SIR –I am offended by Jeremy Hunt’s implication that income from “other sources” is somehow unfair and gaming the system (report, March 7).
SIR – How sad that a conscientious, hard-working MP (and competent junior minister) like Mike Freer has been forced out by the mob (“Pro-Israeli Tory minister to quit after death threats”, report, February 1).
SIR – Baroness Mone (Letters, December 17) should be stripped of her peerage. She may not have broken the law by lying about her involvement with a PPE contract, but she breached at least two of the Seven Principles of Public Life, published by the Committee on Standards in Public Life: honesty and openness. Too many politicians and holders of high office fail to tell the truth until they are found out. If politicians want to be held in high regard by the public, it is time to take action. The p
SIR – Much of the narrative around tax cuts suggests that they are “given to the rich”. The Conservatives must change this narrative. To grow the economy, we need to improve productivity, and at the moment the incentives are not strong enough. Why work harder when you know that the state will just take more? William Burgess Peterborough
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