A letter which appeared in our February 26 edition was purportedly from Rajiv Chadha.

We have subsequently been contacted by Mr Chadha who said he did not write the letter and does not support the views expressed by its author, nor is he interested in local politics.

We would like to apologise for any distress, embarrassment or inconvenience caused by this and have conducted an internal investigation and tightened up our letters vetting procedures as a result.