More than half of Local Government Pension Scheme members, nearly two million people, will opt-out if government increases employee contributions, union research says.
The GMB unions said plans by the Department for Communities and Local Government to raise contributions and change accrual rates - to save £900m by 2015 - will lead 55% of members to opt-out of the...
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