Unions have 'no appetite' for pension strikes: Maude

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Cabinet Office minister and paymaster general Francis Maude yesterday claimed unions have no appetite for industrial action over pension reforms.

Public sector workers are facing a switch from final salary to career average schemes, including reforms to increase contributions, lower pay outs and push back retirement dates, reports the Indepe...

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