Pensions Follow

The long running dispute over the Local Government Pension Scheme, affecting over a million workers, reaches a defining moment next Tuesday when the Unison union holds a special conference.

The dispute over the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is reaching its most crucial stage.

The government and the PCS civil service workers’ union have released details of new proposals for the pension scheme.

The government has issued new proposals for local government pensions.

Negotiations are continuing over local government pensions. There are signs that some unions are willing to accept the latest government proposals, but others seem reluctant to endorse them.

Low pensions condemn people to poverty and misery. Both are becoming all too prevalent because Britain, despite being a rich country, does not pay a decent state pension.

Whichever way one looks at it, current government policies cannot solve the pensions crisis. So millions more will be condemned to face retirement poverty and insecurity. The only way to tackle this is through progressive taxation and redistribution of wealth.

The new "Britsaver" pension, which the government announced this week, could make matters worse for millions.

Around 1,000 local government workers lobbied parliament yesterday to demand a decent local government pension scheme.

The government used last week’s Queen’s Speech to underline perhaps the most significant single assault on workers’ conditions for half a century – and yet hardly a voice was raised in opposition.

A rank and file initiative over local government pensions has proved a startling success.

Around 1,000 people attended a lobby of parliament this morning over state pensions.