Now we've had time to digest the findings of the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission's interim report, Laura Blows finds out what the industry makes of its suggestions to date
Public sector workers will budge no further on pension reforms and will fight recommendations in Lord Hutton's review, unions say.
The pensions industry has delivered a positive verdict on Lord John Hutton's interim report on public service provision.
The final salary link in public service pensions is 'inherently unfair' and can lead to high flyers getting almost twice as much back in pensions than those on more modest earnings for the same amount of pension contributions, Lord John Hutton says.
Lord John Hutton is set to publish the interim findings of the independent Public Service Pension Commission's review on Thursday, this week.
Lord John Hutton should consider shifting public sector pensions to a career average structure to address the inequalities of final salary provision, local government employers say.
Lord John Hutton's independent public sector pensions commission should consider an LGPS-style framework for all taxpayer funded schemes, a consultant says.
Simply levelling-down public sector pensions would be a "short-sighted" approach both in the short and longer-term, the Association of Consulting Actuaries says.