Politics + Letters
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Letter: Tom Taylor says most of the problems in the in-tray of the new culture secretary are traceable to one cause: underfunding
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Letters: Remembering the Pre-Fab Four | Longer days and more growth | Royal Mail elastic bands | Moon cave | Search for the Tory soul
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Letters: Kate Macintosh says the new government should legislate to prevent speculators profiteering on the uplift of land values, and Paul Brannen says building roof extensions, as in Europe, is one solution. Plus a letter from John Digney
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Letters: This is an opportunity for Keir Starmer to demonstrate to left-behind voters that he is on their side, writes Bernie Evans. Plus letters from Hazel Davies, David Lindsay, Jan Pahl and Jon Marks
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Letters: A fundamental review of jails | PR and voter turnout | Early-bird Guardian delivery | MPs on the buses – if they exist
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Letter: Steve Leach and Colin Copus disagree with the former Conservative minister’s suggestion that more than 200 local authorities should be abolished
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Letter: Clare Flanagan objects to the picture of a woman’s bikini-clad backside on the Saturday magazine front cover
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Letters: Readers on the mammoth task facing the new prisons minister to reform the criminal justice system
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Brief letters: Bob Dylan and Euro 96 | Football team’s multicultural success | Sporting poetry | Country diary politics | MPs taken for a ride
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Letters: Dr Arun Midha and Dr Peter Estcourt respond to articles by Martin Kettle and Polly Toynbee on the urgent challenge ahead for Keir Starmer’s new government
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Letters: Ray Corbett suggests repealing the Land Compensation Act, while Prof Andrew Fraser wants to rake back vast areas owned by hereditary peers. Plus a letter from Bea Rogers
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Brief letters: Early risers | Genetic chronotypes | Reform candidates | Rudderless Tories | Constituency wallchart
Why Labour needs to win over voters who were ‘left behind’