A trade union is taking legal action to force the government to have the Teachers’ Pension Scheme valued before implementing its controversial planned changes.
The major elements of the government’s controversial reforms to public sector pensions will not save any money over the long term, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
The Public and Commercial Services union today confirmed its rejection of the government’s pension reform offer and threatened legal action if it is excluded from future negotiations.
Unison representatives yesterday agreed the main points of the government’s offer on public sector pensions, giving the union the go-ahead to continue negotiations.
The Unite trade union has rejected the government’s reform proposals for local government pensions, blaming a crisis of confidence and trust in Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.
Two teaching unions have refused to sign up to the main points of the government’s public sector pension changes, bringing the total rejections to three in the past day.
Trade union Unite has today refused to sign up to the government’s reform plan for the NHS pension scheme, saying that the offer late last year was not satisfactory.
Demand for public sector staff in the UK continues to collapse and is now only a third of the level recorded two years ago, according to a monthly job market survey.
Two of the trade unions that suspended the agreement with government over changes to the local government pension scheme have announced that the reform deal is back on.
The government has reached agreement with most trade unions on the main points of public sector pension reform, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has confirmed.
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Business leaders have given their backing to proposed government reforms of the state pension but want their concerns about the knock-on effects on existing private schemes to be addressed.
The government has offered to postpone the planned rise in NHS pension contributions for lower-paid workers, meaning almost half the staff would not pay more next year.
Income inequality has risen faster in the UK since 1975 than in any other member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the economic think-tank revealed today.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has branded today’s public sector strike ‘inappropriate, untimely and irresponsible’ as thousands of schools closed nationwide and hospitals prioritised urgent...