Up to a fifth of council tax income is spent on funding public sector pensions, information from pressure group Tax Payers' Alliance reveals.
The group said local authority pension schemes cost taxpayers £4.5bn in 2007-08, equivalent to 19% of council tax revenue, with an average contribution per council of £9.8m. TPA said some 3500 lo...
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