EU in space

sir – The EU Commission is reported (April 13) to be working to “push Britain out of the space race by cancelling Galileo contracts after Brexit”.

How can this be reconciled with the demand, in determining the price Britain is being asked to pay to leave the EU, that we must meet our obligations over funding future projects? John Barker Prestbury, Cheshire sir – The BBC reports an increase in confidence among small businesses – despite Brexit.

It clearly never occurred to the BBC that this might be because of Brexit. Michael Franklin Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire