Is there any policy that the Labour Party is prepared to stand by?

sir – Labour has scrapped its £28billion green investment plan (report, telegraph.co.uk, February 8).

Another U-turn! What, exactly, are this party’s policies?

London SW18

sir – It will be fascinating to compare the pledges that Sir Keir Starmer makes at the next election with those he made during the Labour leadership election in 2020.

It appears there will be no green investment plan, no higher tax rates for top earners and no scrapping of tuition fees. I wonder if Sir Keir will thank his “friend” Jeremy Corbyn, as he did in 2020.

Edinburgh

sir – I despair of the Labour Party, which lacks the vision and purpose to stick with its green energy plan. Abandoning the pledge is a backward step. Revitalising the green economy would have put Britain in a strong position.

Instead, Labour constantly looks over its shoulder, terrified of any voter backlash. British politics are being stifled by this absence of courage.

Edinburgh

sir – Allister Heath (Comment, February 8) describes the “monstrous deception” of the campaign for electric vehicles.

If you are an urbanite making short journeys, these cars make sense. But if you live in the countryside and want to go somewhere, you need to know that you will be able to get there and back. In my case, for instance, a journey to see an elderly relative takes three-anda-half hours – on a good run – without having to stop to charge a battery.

I am yet to read anything that persuades me to buy an electric vehicle, and remain put off by the problems above – along with the high cost of buying one in the first place,

Sleaford, Lincolnshire

sir – I cannot praise my electric vehicle highly enough.

I have had it for just over a year and have driven more than 15,000 miles in that time. During the summer I paid about £70 a month for my gas and electricity, which included the cost of charging the car at home. In December and January my energy bills rose to £250, again including the car. I do, however, have solar panels, which have helped to keep the cost down.

On the rare occasions I have had to top up at a public charging point, I have been amazed at the speed of the process. There is no way I would return to driving a car with an internal combustion engine, given the pleasure and savings I get from running my electric one. John Fretwell

Doncaster, South Yorkshire