Aggers takes a sharp edge off Boycott | Brief letters

Barbara Castle | High-speed broadband | Jonathan Agnew | Solution to clue | Giles FraserIn her comments on Barbara Castle, Anne Perkins (Opinion, 21 December) fails to mention her introduction of home responsibility allowance for state pensions. This made a huge difference to the pensions of carers. I raise a glass to her every time my pension is paid.
Barbara Purvis
Winchester• So everyone in the UK is to have a legal right to high-speed broadband (Report, 21 December). I think quite a few