While the chancellor is at it (Rachel Reeves orders investigations into £600m of Covid contracts, 22 September), she might investigate why thousands of self-employed people prevented from working for the best part of 18 months received nothing and had to survive on savings and the generosity of friends and family.
Michael Heaton
Warminster, Wiltshire
• Could someone please explain to me how the “outfit” consisting of what appear to be several hundred yards of Christmas tree streamers and a sunburst headdress, in your picture from Kevin Germanier’s fashion show in the print edition (Rise and shine, 25 September), fits the description of “ready-to-wear”? By whom?
Jill Wallis
Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire
