Gift for thieves

I was amazed when I read that part of our £25m Government windfall is to be spent on Brompton Bikes, instead of the usual derelict buildings (Gearing Up, Advertiser, July 9).

A Brompton starts at around a thousand pounds, so bike thieves are going to be deliriously happy when they hear of the plan. ­— ANNI KEENE, Whitfield Street, Newark.