Sir - If the figures for new council tax bills given (Report, March 9) are correct, then the tax will have risen by 104.38 per cent since 1997.
Over the same period my total energy bill has risen by 112.5 per cent.
Sadly, the increase in my state pension is lagging behind at a miserly 39.5 per cent.
In 1997 my total energy bill plus council tax equated to 31.8 per cent of my state pension. In 2007 this percentage is now 47 per cent.
Unless there is a change in the way increases in the state pension are calculated, this gap will continue to increase. I am fortunate in that I have an occupational pension to boost my income but many people do not.
Victor Berry, Oxford
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