Fears grow public sector pensions talks will collapse

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A crucial meeting between government and unions to discuss public sector pensions reform could be cancelled following a Treasury announcement last week, PP has learned.

Union negotiators are furious with Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander's announcement on Friday that he was determined to switch to a career average scheme and peg the retirement age to state ...

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