Report calls for quick public sector pensions cuts

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The coalition government should shift the burden of public sector pension contributions from the state to employees in the June 22 emergency budget, an independent policy think-tank says.

Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce wide ranging cuts in government spending in an attempt to drive down the UK's £9.3bn public sector deficit. Outlining its policy prospectus for ...

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