Comment: Eaton cautions on reform mess

Will LGPS membership suffer from public sector pension reforms?

Jenna Towler
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Conservative peer Baroness Eaton weighed in on the public sector pension reforms last week with a letter to the Chancellor telling him just where the plans were going wrong.

Eaton, chairman of the Local Government Association, warned the reforms – which will see an average 3.2% increase in employee contributions – would lead to mass opt-outs and the potential collapse ...

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