FAST TRACK TO MISERY

Much is in the news about HS2 but I wonder if those who support this new £56billion rail link between London and the North even begin to consider the upset and misery for those about to lose their homes?

Older people who have been in the same house for years will have to move – and for what? Just so that a few people can get to a destination a little bit quicker.

It remains to be seen, of course, if half of those rail carriages will remain empty. Sylvia Peak Consett, Co Durham Last week it was announced that the surcharges added by some companies when you pay by credit card are to be outlawed.

Perhaps it’s time for the Government to look at the outrageous surcharge that the DVLA penalises people with if they opt to tax their vehicles for six months rather than 12. Jeff Conway, Bristol Certain people in the Tory Party would like to put an end to Britain’s free health care system and replace it with an American-style system where everyone will have to take out insurance.

Don’t let it happen! T Davis Kidderminster, Worcs Once again we’re left without Parliament as MPs break for the summer. This is on top of the seven weeks without them after Theresa May dissolved Parliament for the general election.

What do we actually pay these people for? David McCafferty, Leeds