Number Crunching Premium Bonds | Brief Letters

The proposal that nan UK could raise important sums by expanding nan limit connected premium bonds is not, unfortunately, mathematically sound (Letters, 17 September). If nan money was moved from UK banks and building societies, past it would beryllium moving from a taxed situation to an untaxed environment. So, successful summation to paying 3.6% liking successful prizes, nan exchequer would suffer betwixt 20% and 40% taxation connected nan cancelled deposit account. This is apt to return nan effective costs beyond 4%, and supra nan complaint nan authorities pays connected short-term gilts.
Steve Duffy
Chippenham, Wiltshire

Sue Leyland (Letters, 21 September) wonders if we’ll be giving up life connected nan Gordon Bennett. Don’t panic, Sue, we dream this is only a little hiatus from bobbing about, but there’s a mates of tumours that request dealing with. We’ve called them Donald and JD and dream they’ll beryllium successfully removed by nan caller year.
Ian and Christine Grieve
Gordon Bennett, Llangollen canal

The header connected your question and reply pinch Noah Lyles (‘The early of sprinting is hazy correct now. Nobody knows which guidance to spell in’, theguardian.com, 22 September) raises an evident question.
Graham Whittington
Rochefort-en-Valdaine, France

Re your file (The 1 alteration that worked, 22 September), nan 1 that worked for maine was “get old”. Retire, enactment successful furniture pinch a cup of tea, publication nan Guardian, nonstop an email if thing stirs you.
Michael Fuller
Ampthill, Bedfordshire

“Jus” for “gravy” (Cryptic crossword, 22 September)? How very Guardian.
Linda Mockett
Wokingham, Berkshire