Should MPs get £10,000 to work from home?

WE ARE told we are all in it together, but while many elderly and families struggle to pay energy bills and broadband charges during the lockdown, MPs are given £10,000 each to help them work from home (Mail). I expect most politicians already have computers and printers at home. They get too many allowances on the gravy train. When the crisis is over, we should reduce the number of MPs by 130, abolish the House of Lords and halve the number of quangos.

R. BOWEN, Broadstairs, Kent.

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN is wide of the mark when he says MPs do not need an extra £10,000 because ‘they are not working their socks off right now’. Actually, they are. I work for Jamie Wallis, MP for Bridgend, and we have been inundated with queries from constituents worried about every aspect of the crisis. We are dealing with companies desperate for access to government loans and grants. We have people needing help to claim benefits after losing their jobs. There are pleas from desperate carers and NHS staff for PPE and testing. The vulnerable self-isolating at home worry about food deliveries. Every MP from every political party is getting these requests. So the extra money will be needed to ensure staff working from their own homes are equipped to deal with cases efficiently and quickly.

J. ISAAC, Maesteg, Mid-Glamorgan.

MPs have been offered £10,000 for the extra resources they will need to work from home. I am a local government worker who has been instructed to home work. No ten grand for me, but I can apply for tax relief amounting to £6 per month. Equality in these tough times? I think not!

SUSAN PRITCHETT, Hucknall, Notts.