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SIR – I am concerned by the undertaking (Comment, January 15) by Penny Mordaunt, the Secretary of State for International Development, to prioritise “issues that matter most to the British people, from plastics pollution to the illegal wildlife trade”.

Worthy as these examples may be, government expenditure should never be determined by what is trending on social media. Patrick Hickman-robertson

Eastbury, Berkshire