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Councils, trade unions and the government have today struck a deal over changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme, confirming that employees will not face a blanket increase in contributions.
The public sector was in surplus by £16.5bn in April, as a result of the one-off transfer of funds from the Royal Mail pension scheme to the Treasury, it was revealed today.
Teachers will have to wait months longer than other public sector workers before finding out if they are to move to localised pay, it has been revealed.
Trade unions are urging the government to reopen negotiations on public sector pension changes as hundreds of thousands of workers strike today over the issue.
The case for varying public sector pay on a regional basis is ‘deeply flawed’ and would be ‘economically damaging’, according to Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt.
Unison’s health service members have narrowly rejected proposed changes to NHS pensions, but the low turnout in the ballot means no industrial action will result.
The government has relaunched the civil service pension scheme as a mutual joint venture, partly owned by staff and government and partly by a private firm.
The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed trade unions’ legal challenge against the change in the inflation measure used to up-rate public sector pensions.
The UK’s devolved governments are set on a collision course with Chancellor George Osborne over his proposal to abolish national pay deals in the public sector.
Ministers were today accused of imposing changes on public sector pensions after the Treasury said negotiations had concluded for all but the local government scheme.