Public sector pension reform: a recipe for strife
We need to reform public sector pensions because they are “gold plated” and “unfair” and “unaffordable”, right? Not necessarily, says Faisal Islam.
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The claim “I welcome the Select Committee’s recognition that the Coastguard Service is in urgent need of modernisation. ” Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, 23 June, 201
The Government tells public sector workers their retirement age will rise to 66 and they will have to contribute more in pension payments, as the threat of strikes looms at the end of June.
As hundreds of thousands of public sector workers prepare to strike on 30 June, a union leader and a Government minister clash over the strikes live on Channel 4 News.
The claim “Fact of the day (because the BBC won’t tell you): UK spending cuts are currently smaller than €urozone average” Tim Montgomerie, Conservative Home editor, on Twitter, May 23 2011
Around 8,000 disabled people have taken to the streets in London to protest against cuts to services and benefits. Channel 4 News hears why.
“Services do not need to close; that always has been and remains a political decision,” writes health expert Professor Allyson Pollock for Channel 4 News.
The claim “We want to make changes only if they improve the Coastguard support that people in fishing communities and elsewhere get.” David Cameron MP, Prime Ministers’ Questions, March 30, 2011
The border between urban Manchester and leafy Trafford has become the front line in a fierce political battle over who’s to blame for cuts to local services. FactCheck gets to work.
Sir Denis O’Connor says it will be ‘very difficult’ for the police front line to remain intact as budget cuts start to bite.
FactCheck learns the unions are spoiling for a fight over police cuts – and the Government could be leaving police chiefs in a legal minefield.
As senior Labour figures scramble to distance themselves from anti-cuts protesters involved in disorder in London this weekend, one left-winger is refusing to toe the party line.
Tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating against government cuts to public spending. There were clashes between police and protesters in parts of London with 75 arrests.
We need to reform public sector pensions because they are “gold plated” and “unfair” and “unaffordable”, right? Not necessarily, says Faisal Islam.
Public sector workers should expect to work longer and receive lower pensions, a report by Lord Hutton suggests – the perfect recipe for industrial action, writes Economics Editor Faisal Islam.
The claim “He’s wrong. ACPO aren’t talking about frontline officers, so he’s simply wrong about that.” David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, March 9, 2011 “Now we hear that companies who have been burgled are going to be sent fingerprint kits in the post.” Ed Miliband MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, March 9, 2011