2 h. ago Readers' Letters: Yes the NHS has problems, but what are the solutions?

Readers respond to a plea for a better NHS

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50 h. ago Readers' Letters: Reform's policies are not far right, they're common sense

Reform has plenty to offer moderate voters, says reader

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3 d. ago Readers' Letters: Potholes prevalence is problem caused by council choices

Edinburgh Council’s collection of potholes continues to frustrate and annoy

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4 d. ago Businessman accused of 'increasing the size of his home in every direction' without permission by council

Mohammed Rahman failed to acknowledge he had done wrong until the council told him it was an 'illegal build' causing 'significant stress to some residents' in Elmdon, West Midlands.

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5 d. ago Readers’ Letters: Councils need to be better informed on road pollution

A reader is unimpressed with the latest road proposals from Edinburgh City Council

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8 d. ago How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset | Elisabeth Ribbans

‘Got’ was changed during the editing of an opinion piece, leading to correspondence lamenting a slide into American English. But language isn’t a fortressIn Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part II, a messenger breathlessly announces to the king that, “Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge”. Hold this late 16th-century text in mind as we fast forward to last week when Martin Kettle, associate editor and columnist at the Guardian in the UK, was seen to suggest in an opinion piece that, if King Charles has pushed the boundaries of neutrality, such as with his speech to open the new Canadian parliament, he has so far “gotten away with it”.In a letter published the next day, a reader asked teasingly if this use of “gotten” – and another writer’s reference to a “faucet” – were signs the Guardian had fallen into line with Donald Trump’s demand that news agencies adopt current US terminology, such as referring to the “Gulf of America”.Elisabeth Ribbans is the Guardian’s global readers’ editorguardian...

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8 d. ago Readers' Letters: SNP would leave Scots defenceless in face of aggressive Russia

Government policies have shot down chance of a lucrative welding plant being sighted in Scotland, says reader

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9 d. ago Readers' Letters: Scottish Government's stance on defence spending misguided

A reader suggests the Scottish Government should be more supportive of spending on munitions

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1 week ago Readers' letters: Protect our farmers from sea eagles slaughtering lambs

A reader says action must be taken to stop sea eagles killing livestock with impunity

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1 week ago Reader's Letters: Surely wind farms would come under any definition of 'ecocide'

Would a Scottish ‘ecocide’ Bill target the right people, ask readers

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2 w. ago Readers Letters: MSPs waste Parliamentary time with toilet talk

Is who can use which toilet really a matter for urgent debate at Holyrood, asks reader

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2 w. ago Residents in West Lothian street say council tenant is still causing 'chaos' despite ASBO

People living in the street claim the local authority has failed to assess how they would be affected

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2 w. ago Readers Letters: Time Scottish Government got tough on young criminals

The Scottish Government is too soft on knife crime, says reader

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2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Labour reforms will only harm disabled people's work prospects

The UK Government’s plan to slash disability benefits is just wrong, says reader

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2 w. ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Rachel Reeves' Isa guessing game is proof that Labour despises middle

My mailbag has been swamped with letters from angry readers urging the Chancellor to back-track on Isa changes.

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2 w. ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Proof that Labour despises Britain's middle

My mailbag has been swamped with letters from angry readers urging the Chancellor to back-track on Isa changes.

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2 w. ago Readers Letters: Trans extremists shut down hopes of reasoned discussion

Calm discussion, not insults, is needed in the gender debate, says reader

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2 w. ago Readers' Letters: Households are being fleeced by food manufacturers

Politicians aren’t doing enough to help consumers in cost-of-living crisis, says reader

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3 w. ago Readers' Letters: Aberdeen wind farm brings jobs and community benefits

It’s just wrong to claim Aberdeen wind farm isn’t good for local economy, says spokesman

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3 w. ago Readers Letters: Starmer should have had UK join EFTA trade allies

Keir Starmer should have gone a different route in dealings with Europe, says reader

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