Government untrusted over pensions

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laresMon 21/11/11 01:13

"Fewer than one in 10 people believe public-sector pensions are "gold-plated" and are more likely to trust trade unions than the Government on the issue, according to a new survey.

A poll of more than 1,000 adults commissioned by Unite before next week's strike by public-sector workers showed that unions were three times more trusted than the Government for providing accurate information on the affordability of public-sector pensions.

Only 8% of those questioned said they would regard a pension of £6,000 a year - the average for the public sector - as gold-plated.

Almost nine out of 10 people said politicians and company bosses were not making enough sacrifices in the current difficult economic times while most believed nurses, teaches and refuse collectors were doing enough.

Unite general secretary Len McCluskey said: "This survey cuts through the spin and explodes the myths being peddled by the coalition Government about public-sector pensions."

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Meanwhile more silly blustering from the ConDems:

"SENIOR UK Cabinet ministers have threatened 'very pressing' reforms to strike laws if a 24-hour trade union stoppage over changes to public sector pensions goes ahead at the end of this month.

Conservative Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said legislation was kept 'under review' and indicated that staging a mass walk-out at a time of economic turmoil would lead to a clampdown on trade unions, while Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander admitted the government was 'looking at those things'.

However, the stark warnings from the UK ministers sparked an angry reaction from SNP finance secretary John Swinney, who attacked the Tory-Lib Dem coalition over plans to impose an increase of more than 3 per cent in the contributions public sector workers have to make to their pensions.

Mr Swinney yesterday said the pensions proposals was 'a short-term cash grab' and that Scotland's public-sector workers were 'clearly concerned' about the move."

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gromitMon 21/11/11 04:35

That looks like a classic case of asking poll questions designed to get the answer you want.

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