Don’t be fooled by Budget gifts

■ The Conservatives can’t be trusted with the NHS. Neither can they be trusted with our public services. It was also the Tories who facilitated the UK leaving the EU and we can see how that went.

Certainly former prime minister David Cameron believed our best interests would be served by the UK remaining part of the world’s largest trading bloc.

The Tories don’t always act in the national interest, particularly when this clashes with their own selfish interests – such as placating their own right-wing rebels. This has been proven time and again.

I can’t understand why anyone would vote Tory unless they are very well off or cold hearted.

Clive Osman, Nuneaton, Warks

■ Since Christmas there have been hints about tax cuts in the March Budget. Now the IMF has told the Government they’re not affordable. In PMQs, Rishi Sunak stated that it was responsibility of the Chancellor not the IMF to decide how much tax to cut. Interestingly, the Chancellor now says there isn’t as much scope for tax cuts as they originally thought.

With the NI cut in January only helping bigger earners, council tax and rents set to rise, and the annual tax allowance frozen, these cuts wouldn’t have made any difference to those on lower wages anyway. Most will be worse off again this year under the Tories.

Chris Torode, Richmond North Yorks

■ So, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been told by the

IMF not to cut taxes as it would hit funding for the NHS and schools.

For the last 14 years, this shower have walked all over us with their cruel austerity policies. We should be more like the French farmers who protested against increased taxes and falling pay.

It’s a pity the people of this country haven’t demonstrated against half of what this appalling Tory Government has bestowed upon us. We should follow the example of the French.

Dave Mellor, Warrington

■ It seems Rishi Sunak won’t be calling a general election until the autumn. Is it to give us a few crumbs in next month’s Budget to try and buy some votes? Does he take us all for fools to fall for his smoke and mirror tricks?

He just wants to hang on for as long as possible. What a coward!

Alan Gill, Widnes, Cheshire

■ The Chancellor’s rumoured tax cuts were going to be no more than a cheap election bribe anyway. They should always have invested any spare cash in the NHS, schools

and infrastructure, or to pay the victims of the contaminated blood and Post Office scandals – or indeed the WASPI women who’ve missed out on six years of their pension.

Steve Cox, Tonna, Neath Port Talbot

■ When the Labour Party wins the next election – which hopefully they will – they need to let the public know that, while they intend to right all the damage the Tories have done to the country, it will be impossible to do this overnight.

It will take many years to put right and the public must be patient and let them get on with it.

R Tandy, Liverpool

■ I’m pretty sure Chancellor Hunt will dangle a few carrots in the coming spring Budget in the hope of swaying the ‘not sure’ brigade.

Fast forward to the election in say September/October, they get in again, then they’ll crucify us in the November Budget.

Please, people, don’t be fooled.