THE Home Secretary stated on August 11 that “those who make the wrong decision, who engage in criminality, must be identified, arrested and punished, and we will make sure this happens.”

Most people would assume from this statement that in the eyes of the law we are all equal.

But on August 23, Chancellor George Osbourne agreed a UK-Swiss tax deal with the clause, “The United Kingdom further states that the criminal prosecution of bank employees due to participation in tax offences is highly unlikely.” Both statements reinforce the belief that there is one law for the rich and another for everyone else.

First the bankers were bailed out of creating the mess we are in, now they are given protection for their behaviour.

Ian Davies, Worcester Road, Blackburn.