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Letters: Did Keir Starmer's speech amount to a convincing plan for the country?

Plus: standing with Israel; NHS gridlock; policing shoplifting; the right trousers; low-cost rail schemes; and Henry V's reputation

Manchester , United-kingdom , France , Sunak , Chahar-ma-all-va-bakhtiari , Iran , Kintbury , West-berkshire , Tiverton , Devon , Tehran , Gaza-strip

Letters: Labour's plan to tax private schools will limit children's opportunities

Plus: Middle East crisis; migration after Brexit; powering electric cars; unreliable rail ticket machines; and a trouser shortage

Llandudno , Conwy , United-kingdom , London , City-of , Ukraine , Marsh-baldon , Oxfordshire , Brighton , Brighton-and-hove , Belarus , Hampshire

Letters: Russia's latest act of extreme brutality should be a wake-up call to the West

Plus: Sunak emulating Blair; Natural England in a muddle; who pays for water company failure; a united Ireland; and a plucky apple tree

East-sussex , United-kingdom , Penzance , Cornwall , Sevenoaks , Kent , Hertfordshire , West-sussex , Andover , Hampshire , Tonbridge , Winterbourne-earls

Letters: There are better ways to level-up Britain than wasting billions on HS2

Plus: the fate of Clandon Park; made late by Welsh speed limits; a problem with modern novels; junior doctor pay; and clinking at Versailles

Faversham , Kent , United-kingdom , Hampshire , Hertfordshire , Sidmouth , Devon , Leicestershire , London , City-of , Warwickshire , Chatham

Letters: Labour shows no passion for backing Britain – preferring alignment with the EU

Plus: appeasing Iran; the language of maternity; cheery cycling; the future of religious broadcasts; and in the trenches with Keith Floyd

Woodchester , Gloucestershire , United-kingdom , Bletchley , Milton-keynes , Solihull , Mississippi , United-states , Tunbridge-wells , Kent , Bedford , Borough-of-bedford