SIR – Train drivers are to receive a pay rise worth almost 15 per cent (report, August 15), following increases for doctors and teachers. Meanwhile, many pensioners are to lose their winter fuel allowance.
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If, as the Chancellor keeps telling us, there is a black hole in Britain’s finances, why is the Government handing out pay rises like sweets? Either we need to stop spending so much because of our debt – or, if there is no debt, we can all have pay rises.
You can’t have it both ways – something Rachel Reeves appears not to understand.
Heather Erridge
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. DT.
