TARGET: MANY pensioners lived through the war and the time of utility furniture, "make do and mend" and "dig for victory".

Now, this Coalition Government has decided that they will once again be the ones to take the hit for the deficit. Come down from your ivory tower, Iain Duncan Smith, pictured. Give them all a £200-a-week rise – then ask me where to start saving taxpayers' money, if you have got the guts.

N COLE

Tunstall