CLG cuts increase LGPS scrutiny

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George Osborne's announcement that the department for communities and local government will bear £780m in cuts will increase the scrutiny on the affordability of local government pensions, Mike Woodall warns.

The chancellor today outlined where the axe would fall in the coalition government's £6bn "efficiency savings" drive, with the CLG second only to the department for business (£836m) in the initial ...

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