Sentences with phrase «raid public service pensions»
«Lord Hutton has allowed himself to legitimise the intention that the coalition government has had from the outset to raid public service pensions.
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Following the submission today of the NASUWT response to the Department for Education consultation on «Proposed Increases to Contributions for Members of the Teachers» Pension Scheme», Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The Coalition Government should tell the public the truth about why it is seeking to raid the pensions of millions of ordinary public service workers and why it is taxing public sector workers who are acting responsibly by trying to save for their retirement.
«This change represents nothing more than naked raiding of public service workers» pensions to make them pay the price for the greed and recklessness of the financial sector.
«This is very welcome news and shows that opposition is growing to the government's raid on public sector pensions, and their assault on jobs, pay and public services.