LGPS deadline will not be met

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Unions and local councils are on collision course with central government after sources revealed officials were set to miss the September deadline to deliver LGPS reform proposals.

Union chiefs, currently in negotiations with local government employers, have told Department for Communities and Local Government secretary Eric Pickles a 9 September deadline to conclude discussi...

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