Business group, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), is calling for an overhaul of public sector pensions as concerns over the affordability of pensions for workers in the state sector, including nurses, teachers and the police, is growing. The CBI is urging the next Government to establish an independent commission within weeks of being elected [...]

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The Economist has recently launched a major attack on public sector pensions, joining the likes of the CFIB and the Howe in Canada who similarly draw invidious contrasts between suuposedly gold-plated public sector pensions and those on offer in the private sector.These programs are really helpful.