A doctor’s bracing advice to new mums | Brief letters

Celebrities’ bodies | Rachel Reeves | Income tax | Dogs on sofasCoco Khan’s article (Opinion, 22 October) reminded me of a visit to my GP 30 years ago, after the birth of my son. While waiting to go in, I’d been perusing the usual array of magazines featuring celebrities, several of whom had recently given birth and had seemingly bounced back into shape overnight. When I saw the doctor, a wonderful gentleman edging towards retirement, and quizzed him on how on earth this was possible, his response was quite simple: “Corsetry, my dear.”Sarah PostinsCatworth, Cambridgeshire• I have a question for Rachel Reeves in response to her column ( 28 October). Can she tell us the income threshold at which someone goes from being in the “working people” category to being in the “broadest shoulders” category? Then everyone will be crystal clear about what is coming for them in November’s budget.Chris HudsonStratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire Continue reading...

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