St Paul's Cathedral - 300 years old

St Paul's Cathedral 300 years old today, Happy Birthday.

It has triumphed through World War II and the Blitz, it has struggled through the ages with erosion from pigeon droppings and acid rain, and it has reached its total of £40,000,000,000 target on it's 300th birthday through public donations.

But why donations?

I agree, that we should donate some money to the upkeep of these magnificent buildings, some of them, particularly in London, dwarfed by their neighbours of the City of London and Docklands, but why shouldn't they receive a proportion of the nations taxes to support them?

Why should tax payers money be spent on the Houses of Parliament?

Shouldn't the Houses of Parliament come under the same restrictions and donations sought from benefactors instead of using tax payers money to repair it?

The established Church in England has as much right to take our taxes as donations as Parliament in Westminster and other Government Buildings.

Instead of fighting for recognition with other immigrant churches and mosques it must be recognised that this is the Nations Heritage and as such must be recognised.

To this end I am writing to my local MP for some answers, but it may come under the Freedom of Information Act.