A REPORT published last week showed one in five pensioners is living below the poverty line.
A further one-and-a- half million are malnourished or at serious risk. Around 22,000 died as a result of the cold last year.
Bob Geldof's heart may be in the right place when it comes to Africa. Can we now hope to see Live 8 concert supporting pension poverty in Britain?
Leo Duggan, High Wycombe
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