WE are all fed up with the council tax rises; the closure of hospitals, and the redundancy of nurses and doctors in those that survive. Where will it all end?

We could afford better hospitals, lower council tax and better pensions if Tony Blair hadn't agreed to hike what we pay the EU to £6 billion a year from 2007. This is £115 million every week! We are all paying the price every day for this outdated wannabe superstate, which no one in this country has yet had a chance to vote on.

Imagine what we could do with £115 million every week to spend on public services. It really is time to stop paying Europe and use the money to sort out all our internal problems.

M Purves, Bradford on Avon