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Marina Hyde (It is curious how little we learn rhodium pensions, June 18) asks that the explosion of national anger over expenditures of members disappeared. There may be weakened, but has not disappeared, and reminds us that sometimes when another parliamentary tip goes to jail.

Hyde is right to highlight the appalling arrogance of people like Francis Maude lectures the rest of us in need of financial constraints. Unions should refuse even to discuss pension issues to a comprehensive reform of parliamentary salaries, expenses and pensions. In particular, it is scandalous that people trying to parliament as a subsidiary of part-time work should be entitled to pensions for taxpayers to contribute three times what they do. In the case of your death, your spouse will receive benefits that most of us could only dream of. To make matters worse, if voters reject the part-time workers at the polls, the poor will receive a generous relocation allowance to help them adjust to life after Westminster.

When you put their own houses in order, then they have the moral authority to reform the pension system.

Joseph

Leominster, Herefordshire

. I doubt Danny Alexander proclaimed in today's program already decided the result of "secret talks" of the parliamentary pension, if excellent piece of Marina Hyde is anything to go by. I'm sure you'll be happy to continue your mattress stuffed with our money, while happily promoting the myth teachers and nurses are retiring in the lap of luxury.

Ann Dodd

Ascot, Berkshire

. It is very depressing to read an article based on demonstrably false information (the unions are threatening strikes that platforms Furious Pension surprising Minister, June 18).

The pension plan is a plan funded by the local government is not only well in the dark, but it should remain so for the foreseeable future. Far from being inaccessible, the average payment is less than £ 4,000 pa

to punish those public sector workers, simply because the private sector is worse, in collusion with the right reflex that the public is bad, private is good. Everyone needs an adequate retirement, and we should all work to get this right.

Mike Scott

West Bridgford, Nottingham

. The National Audit Office concluded that, because of changes to public sector pensions and the achievement of these pensions are now affordable. Thus, the debate on the need for change has come to be justice - it is not fair that the public sector pensions should be even better than the private sector

It's really unfair, but that should be the fight against inequality by improving the private sector pensions, not to damage the public sector. The basic state pension in the UK and is one of the worst in Europe, so the last thing to do is take a part of our pension system even worse.

We must fight against inequality retirement the same way against other inequalities, improving the weak, not to damage the strong. For example, reports that life expectancy in Kensington and Chelsea, 10 years older than Glasgow. If the government to address this problem, they would give the citizens of Chelsea cigarettes for free, or try to improve the lives of Glasgow

David Hoult

Stockport

. What kind of fantasy world does Brendan Barber Dave Prentis and live in that leads them to believe that most taxpayers who are not in unions and the public sector to support the strike to continue retirement privileges that most never get it, but have to pay?