Straight to the POINT

÷ WITH regard to the leasehold scandal on newly built homes, how was this not spotted by the solicitors and mortgage lenders dealing with the sales? A. BARROW, Milton Keynes, Bucks. ÷ STOP calling it Brexit; it’s independence. W. LANCASTER, address supplied. ÷ IF MEN can earn so much more money than women, l declare myself now to be a male. Mrs M. J. BOUTELL, St Leonards-on-Sea, E. Sussex. ÷ IT LOOKS as if Labour’s student money tree has caught ash dieback, Dutch elm disease and oak wilt. STEPHEN PERKINS, Grimsby, Lincs. ÷ MY PARTNER received a letter from the DVLA stating she would be fined £80 or her car could be impounded and crushed for not paying vehicle tax. The amount due? £0! A. McGRATH, Wallingford, Oxon. ÷ WE DON’T need HS2. Pendolino trains are already capable of reaching Birmingham in an hour from London, saving the much vaunted 20 minutes. P. WILSON, Sutton Coldfield, W. Mids.