FURTHER to the news that the NHS is expected to go deeply into the red in the next few years, it is about time that it was fully funded by the Government of the day.

This objective could be achieved by vast cuts in the expense incurred by giving aid to countries that do not need it; cutting the amount of MPs expenses; and a limit of one per cent increase in their pay (as suffered by the majority of the workforce).

Also, stop fighting other peoples’ wars or giving cash to anyone who comes along with a begging bowl or rattles a can.

R. Hutchinson, Sherwood Grove, Beckfield Lane, York.