Trade union Unison has further rebuked a government plan to cut local government pension costs, labelling it a "dangerous financial gamble" for UK equity markets.
The union said undermining the investment power of the Local Government Pension Scheme, which owns 1.5% of shares in the top ten companies in the FTSE100 and almost 2% of shares in UK banks, could ...
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