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Rachel Reeves claims that she does not see people putting forward alternatives to her measures to manage the economy (Report, 20 December). She ought to read the letters section in the Guardian. If I were prime minister, it would be the first thing I would read every morning.
Eddie Ross
Colchester

• As I read the correspondence on the prime minister’s vision for Britain (Letters, 18 December), I was reminded of the quip by the former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt: “Anyone who has visions should go to the doctor.”
Steve Woods
Bristol