WHEN we have 16 million people in this country living below the poverty level, 13 million of those in work, it beggars belief that 31 families of asylum seekers are going to be living at The Amblehurst Hotel, in Sale, for nine weeks.

How much will all this cost, and who pays for it?

I worked until retirement age and have not had a holiday for five years, so I would quite like to be put up in a hotel without it costing me anything.

Where do I apply?

An extremely angry pensioner (name and address supplied)