BOB Waite may put forward a plea for pensioners paying income tax (Letters, January 5).

More to the point, however, what about those pensioners who do not pay any income tax?

Their only hope of obtaining help towards meeting continually-increased living costs is a badly-needed increase in their basic pension.

Mr N Lilley,

The Croft,

Sheriff Hutton,

York.

Updated: 11:09 Tuesday, January 10, 2006