LGPS to be forced to 'raise their game'

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Stricter governance standards in a reformed Local Government Pension Scheme will force council funds to "raise their game" on scheme deficits, a public sector union says.

Negotiators from employers, unions and central government are currently planning a new LGPS which will come into force in 2014, but GMB national secretary for public services Brian Strutton said th...

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