Public sector pensions are affordable, unions have insisted this week as they responded to Lord Hutton’s inquiry into state pensions for the coalition Government.
The Council of Civil Service Unions said civil service pensions had already been slimmed down several times, such as 2007 when the civil service moved to a career average scheme.
Unions also pointed to a National Audit Office report this year which found that pension payouts would remain steady at 0.3 per cent of GDP for the next 50 years.
Unite joint general secretary Derek Simpson accused the government and media of a “lynch mob mentality” towards public sector pensions.
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