Of course Labour’s policies can work – they used to be the norm | Letters
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Jeremy Corbyn's proposals were once widely accepted in pre-Thatcher Britain, says Austen Lynch, while John Forsyth writes of the economic benefit of people having more money, though Chris Pratt questions the efficacy of free school meals
Growing up in Sweden, Susanna Kierkegaard benefited from free school lunches, had access to university without tuition fees and had free dental checkups - so, as she says, "I already know some of Jeremy Corbyn's proposed policies can work" (Why a Swede is canvassing for Corbyn's party, Journal, 2 December).
Growing up in pre-Thatcher Britain, we once had all this and more - graduate and postgraduate grants, free dental and medical care, nationalised rail, mail and utilities - all in a country that provided decent council housing, youth centres, care homes and welfare.
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