SIR - The Tories should hang their heads in shame.

The misery and stress they have caused to thousands of families struggling to pay their bills is tragic, they have a lot to answer for. This is the result of selling everything off that we had cherished. All the public utilities sold off. Scandalous.

EDF is now owned by French electricity, Eon owned by the Germans, Scottish Power is owned by Spain's Iberdrola, Npower owned by the German companyRWE, Anglian Water has gone to Canada, Thames Water owned by the Germans, Orange and T-Mobile owned by France and Germany, Cellnet and O2 owned by Spain, Arriva buses by the German Deutsche Bank, Gatwick owned by South Korea, Cadbury's owned by the USA, the M^ toll is owned by Australia's Macquarie Bank, the list goes on, this is all down to the Tories this is why the poor people's bills are sky high, Tory greed is to blame for it all.

MRS LYN MARSHALL Worcester