UK public sector workers could see their ‘gold-plated’ pensions halved

Gerri Peev
Daily Mail

Public sector workers could see their ‘gold-plated’ pensions slashed to make it easier to transfer services to private firms and charities.

Payments due to hundreds of thousands of nurses, doctors and bin collectors could be cut to less than half under proposals being considered by the Treasury.

The Government wants providers other than the State to take over the running of some services as part of David Cameron’s ‘Big Society’ plan.

But ministers fear the generous final salary schemes paid out to public sector workers would deter all but the biggest firms from doing so.

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