Council chiefs blast LGPS final salary link as unfair to taxpayers

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Senior local government officials have written to government minister Eric Pickles warning him maintaining a final salary link for past service in LGPS is unfair to local council taxpayers.

The Local Government Group - a consortium of six national bodies representing local government - said Lord Hutton's proposal to link benefits accrued for past service to final salary until the new ...

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