£7.8 MILLION pounds to 'tart' up Skipton Railway Station. ( Possible funding boost for scheme, Craven Herald, February 9). I can think of more deserving ways to use the money.

The well-known and needed SCAD has just gone into administration leaving many disabled people without a lifeline.There are food banks in Skipton and there are people who can't afford to turn their heating on. They have to decide shall I turn the heating on and do without food or do I buy some food and sit and eat it in the cold.

I know this is a part of a £42m Government fund to transform cities but I think the Government need to get their priorities right.

Norrie Earl

Skipton