Of course the private sector isn鈥檛 going to spontaneously spring up and patch the gaps in the current economic climate

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With so many savage cuts in public sector spending it鈥檚 no surprise that the industry is heading back for a double-dip recession (鈥�, 29 August, www.building.co.uk). Of course the private sector isn鈥檛 going to spontaneously spring up and patch the gaps in the current economic climate.

The UK has maintained its credit rating at great cost to the people of this country. Why doesn鈥檛 the government now use that credit rating to borrow money and start investing more in infrastructure spend?

Jack Martin, Peckham

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