SIR – Thames Water (Comment, April 1) has been rebuked by Michael Gove, the Levelling Up Secretary, for asking to increase water bills by 40 per cent. Yet it has already increased my water bill by 75 per cent since February, regardless of the fact that the countryside is now saturated (there is never any real shortage of water in this area) and even though there has been no reduction in the discharge of sewage into rivers. It needs to be allowed to go bust. C M Chadwick Lechlade, Gloucestershire
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One of Labour s leading peers Lord West of Spithead said it will only be considered a proper party if it pledges to hike defence spending in its election manifesto to at least 2.5 per cent of GDP.
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The call comes in a report backed by a former defence secretary and other ex-military chiefs who warn the UK s undersea cables are extremely vulnerable to attack.