Budget 2011: Public sector discount rate to be based on GDP expectations

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The government has decided the appropriate discount rate for calculating unfunded public sector pension contribution rates should be based on the long term expectation of Gross Domestic Product growth.

The Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) confirmed the rate in his Budget statement today following a full public consultation by the Treasury on the discount rate used for public sector pension sc...

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