Taxing questions for the chancellor to consider | Letters

How is "helping low-income families to save" a measure to help the "just about managing" (Hammond told to help families 'just managing', 18 November)? On a low income you don't have money to save. With low savings rates, saving doesn't confer much benefit. On a modestly good income when I was young, it was very difficult to save the amount recommended for my pension.

Our politicians should have experience of the real world. Maybe we should raise the age to become an MP and insist on demonstrating experience of working in a public sector. Going from a privileged background, studying politics and then entering parliament is not a recipe for a fairer society and understanding the problems of the disadvantaged.