I am delighted to hear Angela Eagle has pledged that half a million trees will be planted in the next three years (Report, 30 September). However, it is really important that there is a system for regular watering until they become established. Across the country there are swathes of newly planted saplings where about 80% have died due to lack of appropriate management. The resulting impact on climate, shade and water storage is also reduced by 80%.
Diana Lowry
Epping, Essex
• If Andy Burnham does promise a referendum on rejoining the EU (Report, 3 October), I hope he will have courage enough to say that, for this constitutional issue, the threshold for victory will be at least 60%, rather than a simple majority, as should have been the case in the 2016 referendum.
John Bridcut
Liss, Hampshire
