Public sector changes could slash 15% from liabilities

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Government proposals to increase the retirement age and index pension payments to the Consumer Price Index could slice 15% from public sector liabilities, London Pensions Fund Authority chief executive Mike Taylor says.

George Osborne revealed in last week's emergency Budget that public sector liabilities would be calculated against the CPI measure of inflation - a move Taylor said would "at a stroke" remove 10% o...

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