SIR – Over the last few days, we have had the first salvos in the privatisation of the NHS in England and Wales pushed through.

This is happening alongside the discredited Government-supported McNulty review plans which will undermine an already over-stretched and under-performing railway. It will allow more cash to be siphoned out of the industry and into the pockets of shareholders in the form of dividends. Then there was the announcement of the intention to close Remploy factories.

If ever there was a naked example of how utterly ruthless and morally bankrupt the capitalist class are in this country, then here it is.

Max Hey, Fairway Grove, Bradford