Major firms should reconsider any plans to close final salary schemes following the dramatic progress they have made to slash deficits, Britain's largest union claims.
Unite pointed to latest research by consultant Lane Clark & Peacock which showed that FTSE100 companies had a combined scheme surplus of £12bn in July – compared with a deficit of £36bn at the same...
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