Public sector pensions need further reform before 2020 to avoid an annual £32bn liability for UK taxpayers, Centre for Policy Studies research fellow Michael Johnson says.
A CPS report, authored by Johnson, found the funding shortfall for schemes is projected to reach £15.4bn by 2016-17. When added to the £17.2bn employers' contribution this amounts to an annual taxp...
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