Hutton warns public sector opt-outs will rise if government cut negotiations short

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Government reforms to public sector pensions could force more people to opt-out and abandon retirement saving, Lord Hutton is expected to say.

Hutton - who conducted a review of public sector pension funds for the coalition government - is set to make the remarks in a speech later today, the BBC reports. He will urge ministers to have ...

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