Good for the gander?

Jonathan Stapleton asks why MPs can't practice what they preach on public sector pensions

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Just over a week ago, thousands of GPs and hospital doctors took part in industrial action in protest at pension changes that will see their contributions increase significantly.

Large numbers of other public sector workers are also fuming at proposed changes to their pension scheme. Yet one group of public sector workers has remained surprisingly calm over increases to ...

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