SIR – Having read the T&A on Tuesday, July 6, I am struggling to understand the Government’s way of thinking.

Yes, they need to get our country out of debt, and to do so, they make massive cuts in spending. But why cut millions from schools when they are prepared to pay out £12 million for a visit from the Pope?

This does not make any sense to me. This money would be far better spent elsewhere.

Mrs D Carrington, Brierley Close, Shipley