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Core subjects | DWP muddle | The right to bare arms | Narrow daylight hours | Cool Guardian letter writersRegarding core subjects in the curriculum (Report, 4 November), I went...
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Core subjects | DWP muddle | The right to bare arms | Narrow daylight hours | Cool Guardian letter writers Regarding core subjects in the curriculum ( Report, 4 November ), I went to a girls’ grammar school in the 1950s and had no domestic science teaching as we were told: “You will get a good degree and then a good job, or a rich husband.” When I was teaching life skills in a further education college, I ensured that young people could produce at least two or three meals, like spag bol. This may be more useful than mortgage information? Liz Thompson Oxford • I recently received a letter from the DWP informing me that, for the first time, I will be receiving the winter fuel payment. But the small print says that if I earn over a certain amount, it will claim it back through my tax code. Surely, if it has enough information to work out that I earn too much and claim it back, it has enough information not to give it to me in the first place. Bill Onwusah Leyton, London Continue reading...