IF surgeons can now give a patient a bionic eye to improve their vision, can someone suggest a similar procedure for our Chancellor to help him see more clearly the repercussions his spending cuts are going to have on the care of older and vulnerable people in the UK?

George Osborne is looking for £20billion of cuts, with only health, schools, defence and overseas aid protected.

It seems local authorities will again bear the brunt of those cuts and with social care not being ring-fenced, it is inevitable that a sector already cut back to the bone thanks to £3.5billion in cuts since 2010, will suffer heavily again.

Can’t the Chancellor see that cutting the care people have in their own home and in care homes will ultimately result in more costly admissions to hospitals?

Can he also not see that it is madness not to protect the care of older, frail adults as he swings his axe in Whitehall. It will cost the country more in the long run.

Mike Padgham, Scarborough