Letter: Education for a rich elite

Monday 21 April 1997 23:02 BST

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Sir: On page 3 of today's edition (21 April) you reveal that Eton College, a charitable institution used by the very wealthy, has assets of pounds 131m. On Page 9 a story on hospital waiting lists now exceeding 1.1 million. On the letters page a plea for continued state subsidy for the wealthy to educate their children.

Surely the Tory campaign will reveal plans to stop this waste of public money. By shutting more hospitals.

JONATHAN DUMBELL

London E11

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