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The Bank of England was last night accused of a savage attack on cash-strapped pensioners as it considered flooding the economy with more emergency funds.

Town halls are guilty of 'age discrimination' because they are under-funding vital services for the elderly by at least 500million a year, a report says today.

Housing minister Grant Shapps wants councils to help older people move into 'more suitable accommodation' to allow their homes to be rented out to young families.

An appeal which aims to persuade pensioners to give their winter fuel allowance to the needy has seen more than A 50,000 donated in Somerset after the scheme was backed by a number of celebrities.