Take back contracts

Regarding new blue passports being given to a French/Dutch firm, it’s time the Government had a rethink on handing out contracts to foreign companies. The Treasury should also calculate the true cost of such deals – impact on community, cost of benefits due to job losses and loss to the local economy. If this test was a requirement would “savings” look so good?

Russell Coles, Tamworth, Staffs

I read with interest your article on future tech when tills and selfservice checkouts will be replaced with hi-tech in-store gadgets (Mirror, March 27). What about senior people who like to visit their supermarket, not only to do shopping but to talk to the cashier?

In the future there will be no supermarkets – everyone will shop online, leaving just convenience stores. Also, who will help the disadvantaged and disabled who cannot always pack? This needs to be well thought out.

Sue Powell, Hove East Sussex

It seems that Easter is becoming a commercial enterprise for stores and supermarkets second only to Christmas. Now we have Easter eggs on the shelves just after New Year and we’re bombarded by adverts for DIY stores in the runup to and during Easter.

I am sick of the ‘sell, sell, sell’ mentality that’s come here from the US.

K Keane Blackburn, Lancs