Perhaps Lee Anderson could advise Boris on how to budget properly

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Clearly Johnson was struggling to manage on his prime minister’s salary of £164,000 a year (PA)

We have learnt that Boris Johnson needed an £800,000 line of credit when he found himself in “financial difficulties” – a loan supposedly secured with the involvement of BBC chairman Richard Sharp.

Clearly he was struggling to manage on his prime minister’s salary of £164,000 a year.

Perhaps Tory MP Lee Anderson, who appears to be an expert in these matters, could advise him on how to budget properly? Though he might think twice before asking his former chancellor of the Exchequer.

Helen Bore

Scarborough

Braverman’s next move is always predictable

The government is under attack because of yet more allegations of corruption, sleaze, and cronyism.

So it’s predictable and not all surprising to see Suella Braverman announce in The Daily Telegraph (yet again) that she is declaring a culture war (yet again) on “politically correct nonsense” in the Home Office, and their readers lap it up.

It may be predictable but it’s disappointing nonetheless.

Nigel Groom

Essex

Change the record

When Nadhim Zahawi was found to be using public money to heat his stables, he pleaded bungling ignorance as his excuse. He has resorted to this again in order to explain his failure to pay his tax. As one of his constituents, I find it extremely hard to square his claim to have made an incompetent innocent mistake with the quite extraordinary sophistication and complexity with which he more generally manages his finances.

Michael Rosenthal

Banbury

Surely the issue of Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs goes further than just his dealings with HMRC.

Here is a holder of one of the great offices of state seemingly with something to hide in his personal life, which the security services failed to uncover before he was elevated to his high position. This could possibly have left him susceptible to blackmail or other potential security risks, the consequences of which do not bear thinking about. If our intelligence services cannot find all the skeletons in the cupboards of our politicians, we have to consider who will.

Leo Thomas

Manchester

A government devoid of conscience

One would have thought by now that Rishi Sunak, with his own recent experiences surrounding income tax, would have cottoned on to Nadhim Zahawi’s shenanigans, thus avoiding the embarrassment of supposedly being taken by surprise.

They are after all both part of that very select circle who know their way through the tax system and by the same token are devoid of any conscience. Theirs is just a few million pounds being held back after all. There are already tens of millions of the public dutifully paying tax, every month, year in and year out, on the money they have actually earned.

That will be enough to keep the country afloat!

Ian Wingfield

Derbyshire

Is British Gas being fair?

If British Gas and other electricity suppliers can afford to pay people not to use power at a particular time perhaps they are already charging customers too much, especially those of us who have no alternative form of fuel to keep warm, or smart meters to prove we are not using power.

With policies like this can they honestly say they are treating all customers fairly?

Jonathan Longstaff

Sussex