Government to reform LGPS in bid to slash budget deficit - UPDATED

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Local Government Pension Scheme reform could be used to help halve the budget deficit over the next four years, the department of communities and local government says.

DCLG local government and firefighters' pensions schemes division branch head Bob Holloway told delegates at the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum conference in Bournemouth yesterday they should n...

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