REGARDING your story "£60 a week is fair, says boss in pay row" (LET, March 6), how can mattress factory proprietor Mr Peter Cunliffe blame MP Janet Anderson and Coun Dave Smith for "depriving someone of work."

Mr Cunliffe should put his own house in order before apportioning blame, as he is guilty of depriving someone of a decent standard of living.

£60 per week is an insult to humanity and is indeed a sad reflection of the state of the country.

D A HEYES (Miss), Birch Hall Avenue, Darwen.

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