INSTEAD of Gordon Brown giving more cash to greedy bankers, who then pass it on as bonuses for the fat cats, why not instead put the money into the accounts of the “thin cats”, the customers?

How this will work is that the ladies will help keep the shops in business, while the gentlemen will help to keep the pubs going.

The fat cats will become thin and we will all return to balance again.

Allan Denney, Holgate Road, York.