Posts Tagged “pensions”
Nick Clegg’s Letter from the Leader: “Steve Webb’s pension reforms are a great step forward”
by Stephen Tall on January 20, 2013
Europe might have been the focus for much of the commentariat this week, but there’s no doubt what’s been the most significant domestic news: the Coalition’s reforms of the state pension. And it’s that issue — and Steve Webb’s contribution to it — which is the focus of Nick Clegg’s latest letter: ‘you can tell [...]
Cable and Alexander on union strike threats: there’s got to be pensions reform, but we want to negotiate
by Stephen Tall on June 18, 2011
With trade unions threatening “sustained and indefinite” strike action if the Coalition goes ahead with its aims to reform public sector pensions in line with Labour peer Lord Hutton’s recommendations, Lib Dem cabinet ministers have been sticking to a simple message to calm the situation: there has to be reform, but we’re very hapy to [...]
Lib Dems force government climbdown on MPs' pension increases
by Stephen Tall on June 25, 2009
As the BBC reports: Plans to raise taxpayers’ contributions to MPs’ pensions have been dropped, ahead of a Commons debate. A planned increase had been accepted by all parties in March but the government now says it will accept a (…)
