Pay and pensions

All for one?

So we’re not ‘all in this together’ after all. According to the latest British Social Attitudes survey, the public is becoming increasingly individualistic, intolerant of the poor and unwilling to pay taxes to fund services.
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Pensions: assessing the cost of auto-enrolment delay

While the postponement of plans obliging all employers to enrol their employees in workplace pension schemes may help small businesses, it will deter people from saving and shore up future costs Read more

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Tussles over Tupe

George Osborne’s review of the Transfer of Undertakings regulations must not lead to a race to the bottom in terms of employee terms and conditions Read more

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Tough talk on pay

The chancellor’s  announcement of a tough 1% pay freeze for the public sector has come as a shock. Less so, the news that regional pay is back on the agenda Read more...

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Pensions strike: there is no alternative

Ministers have accused union leaders of ‘itching for a fight’ over pension reform, but today’s strike is a last resort for staff who are being forced to work longer and pay more for less in their retirement Read more

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More questions than answers

It is hard to understand why both central and local government have treated female council workers with such disdain. The chancellor should announce a rescue package in today’s Autumn Statement Read more

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My Big Fat Greek Government?

‘Big government’ has not been the downfall of Greece. What happened in the country is more part of the continuing legacy of the years of occupation, civil war and dictatorship Read more

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Out is no longer in

You don’t have to be the governor of the Bank of England to appreciate that the current financial crisis is the worst since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Read more...

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Hitting the poorest where it hurts

Public sector pensions were comprehensively renegotiated in 2006 to ensure they remained affordable for the long term. The government’s actions now are driven by ideology, not fact Read more...

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Council tax freeze is LGPS members’ lolly

The council tax freeze announced by George Osborne is being made at the expense of low-paid, local government workers’ pensions Read more

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