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Gradgrind ethos spells hard times for schools

Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article about the school system and helping children with special educational needs
To save the planet we need a treaty – and to consider rationing

Letters: Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Caroline Lucas, John Sauven, Craig Bennett, Ann Pettifor and Leo Murray add their voices to calls for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. Plus letters from John Huggins and John Ranken

Virgin Galactic owes so much to history

Letters: Virgin Galactic fully recognises its existence and achievements are built on decades of work by thousands of committed individuals and government agencies, writes Virgin Galactic’s commercial director Stephen Attenborough. Plus Margaret Squires expresses reservations about driverless cars
I can’t survive on universal credit

Letter: A claimant is shocked that the government would sanction such a huge decrease in benefit payments
Military wrong to discriminate on age

Letter: David Higgins wonders how the armed forces can justify their continued discrimination on the basis of age
Don’t judge a Waitrose customer by their choice of newspaper

Brief letters: The 50 best UK pubs | Philip Green | Waitrose | Brexit slogans | Gore Vidal | Pumpkin seeds

Gradgrind ethos spells hard times for schools