Now that Gordon Brown has promised £100 to the over-70s, will Frank Avenell and cohorts now stop bleating about increases?

Mr Brown has saved Mr Avenell from jail and he and his mates from increasing the council tax debt to the detriment of honest council tax payers including many other pensioners.

Remember the Poll Tax which we are still making up for?

I expect to see Mr Avenell eat humble pie and stop his continuous support of the Tories.

It is a Labour government which looks after people, not a bunch of service-cutting incompetents who go on holiday and abstain from voting at budget votes when they have the chance to influence what we pay.

A C Carter

Bouverie Avenue