SIR – After many years in power the SNP has missed a huge opportunity by focusing so much time and attention on independence (“Yousaf resigns”, telegraph.co.uk, April 29). Had it improved the efficiency of the Scottish government, and the well-being of the Scottish people through better healthcare, education and infrastructure, it would have been well placed to make the case for its ultimate goal. Instead, however, it has done the exact opposite, increasing taxes and allowing services to get wor
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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