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COMMENT: Staring into the public sector pensions abyss

April 13, 2012 | Author
Writing for Public Service Europe, Emma Boon argues that the £54 billion deficit in local government pensions isn’t going away without reform of council pension funds. If you have ever worried about not paying your credit card off at the end of the month or lost some sleep over an overdraft, then spare a thought for the [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Campaign, council pensions, deficit, Final Salary Pension, LGPS, Local Government, Pension Reform, Public Sector Pensions | Comments Closed

UNISON response to council pensions report

January 25, 2012 | Author
Today we have released a report on council pension contributions, you can read it in full here. We found that council employer pension contributions were equivalent to £1 in every £5 of council tax receipts in 2010-11. UNISON issued a lazy response to this earlier, strewn with factual errors. They claim that: Actually, the local [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Burning Our Money, council pensions, LGPS, Trade Unions, Unions, unison | Comments Closed
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