I KNOW that we are supposed to be a nation of football lovers but why on earth does the Football Association receive £40 million in grants from the government?

Surely it receives vast amounts of money from sponsorship and television rights!

This huge amount of money is being given to the FA at a time when our social care budgets are being slashed, creating numerous cases of bed-blocking, which in turn means that patients needing elective surgery are having their operations cancelled.

The majority of schools in our area are facing funding cuts under the Tory government’s Schools Funding Formula. Come on Theresa May, get your priorities right and look after working class people as you promised.

Cllr Steve Robinson

Nailsworth