We should all beware what is in store for us in the New Year.

This so-called coalition has no mandate to pursue its programme of cuts, as it is a minority Government.

Also, it has no mandate to stay for five years. This is undemocratic. I don’t remember a vote being taken for a period of five years.

The problems of the underfunding of the health service will get worse. From what I have experienced, people are waiting for MRI scans, and overworked nurses are on low wages and working in poor conditions.

The £78billion on Trident could well have been spent on healthcare.

The financial crisis was not brought about by working people, but by greed and inefficiency of the privately- owned financial sectors.

We should take a leaf out of the books of people of France, Spain and Greece and make our voices heard in the forthcoming months, when the increase in Vat takes place.

Malcolm Mead
Homefield Road
Witham