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Posted on 27 May 2011 at 11:53 GMT
New report 'shatters the government's case' for pension cuts
A House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts report "The impact of the 2007-2008 changes to public service pensions" confirms what unions have been saying - that there is no need for public sector workers to be paying in more for their pensions.
The report says: "Government projections suggest that the 2007-08 changes are likely to reduce costs to taxpayers of the pension schemes by £67 billion over 50 years".
In a National Union of Teachers (NUT) press release dated 26.5.11, Christine Blower, NUT general secretary, said: "This report shatters the government's case for further cuts in public sector pensions.
"The Select Committee has confirmed the National Audit Office's verdict that costs are falling and pensions are affordable".
"The Committee is right to criticise the government for proposing further changes without even having considered what is affordable. This is a policy based on nothing short of false assumption and spin".
Martin Powell-Davis
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The results of austerity have been graphically demonstrated as public services strain to cope with the crisis.
The government has now ripped up its 'austerity' mantra and turned to policies that not long ago were denounced as socialist. But after the corona crisis, it will try to make the working class pay for it, by trying to claw back what has been given.
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- When the health crisis subsides, we must be ready for the stormy events ahead and the need to arm workers' movements with a socialist programme - one which puts the health and needs of humanity before the profits of a few.
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