£1.2trillion will be just the start of Labour spree

Last week on your front page, you reported that, according to Boris Johnson, Labour’s

Election policy pledges will cost £1.2trillion. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell did not dispute the Prime Minister’s claims – his only criticism was that civil servants were used in the putting together of the figures. And let’s not think that £1.2trillion would be the end of it. Roy Daniels, Luton

As usual the Labour Party are promising the Earth to get people to vote for them. We have hardly recovered from their last spending spree and now they are proposing another. Everything for everyone, all on borrowed money.

I sincerely hope that people will remember that the austerity programme was triggered by them. They will lie through their teeth to get into power.

My hope is that the electorate are canny and that Labour will be decimated at this Election. We do not want communist sympathisers in No10. Mick Ferrie, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall

Once again, the subject of taxing the ‘well-off’ by Labour rears its ugly head. But who exactly is well off? On paper, someone earning more than £83,000 a year may seem wealthy, and, in some cases, this is undoubtedly true.

In the South East, however, it will not necessarily go very far, especially with the cost of transport and childcare.

The threatened tax increases will mainly penalise those living in the South. Andrew Pettigrew, Haslingden, Lancashire

The Shadow Chancellor is preparing to drive a coach and horses through the education sector with his attack on private schools. This divisive policy will not improve standards.

Improved education standards come from levelling up not levelling down, by sharing best practice from our worldrenowned private system. Ronald Devine, Norfolk

There seems to be a resurgence in politicians promising to do right by our military. It is about time they agreed a cross-party mandate to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and include as part of it that no legal action will be allowed against a past or serving member of Her Majesty’s Forces, providing that the incident in question was part of a military action. John Jones, Southport

A vote for Labour would not be a matter of opinion – it would be just plain wrong. Alan Sharpe, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

With regard to the recent suggestions of appropriate songs for the various parties, might I suggest for the Labour Party that they adopt The Road To Hell by Chris Rea? Christine Settle, Alvington, Gloucestershire