IF he is not already aware, there is more bad news on the way for John Stones (‘Huge rising costs of being a pensioner’, Letters February 12).

When he checks his Income Tax Code for 2011-12 shortly he will find that his personal (tax free) allowance has increased by £450, which sounds OK compared to last year’s zero increase, however, if he checks with any non-pensioners, he will find that theirs have increased by £1000.

This is clearly unfair treatment of the over-65s by Chancellor George Osborne who, with the rest of the members of the government, obviously also will get the £1000 increase.

This means that pensioners will be subsiding everyone else, ostensibly due to the policy of taking the 'least well-off' out of paying tax altogether.

This will not be publicised, Mr Osborne hoping that the over-65s will be oblivious to the difference since they only normally see their own Tax Codes. I believe that the Coalition intends to do this year-on-year.

CLIVE GREEN, Paddock Close, Lytchett Matravers