CBI calls for Turner-style commission to investigate public sector benefits

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The Confederation of British Industry has called for the "Turner-style" independent commission to investigate the full extent of public sector pension liabilities.

The employers body urged the government to "come clean" about the ballooning cost of unfunded public sector pension provision. It said current total liabilities stand at £915bn and it was "inevi...

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