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There continues to be "overwhelming rejection" of the BBC's pension proposal, despite a revised offer from the director general, trade unions say.

Trade unions have served the BBC with strike dates that coincide with the Conservative Party conference and the government spending review, after shunning a new pensions offer from the broadcast giant.

The BBC has proposed a new career average arrangement as part of its pensions reform but is sticking with the controversial 1% annual cap for the existing final salary scheme.

Poor old President Sarkozy. Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place.

BBC workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a row over changes to the pension scheme, trade unions say.

Offering financial advice to members about scheme changes will drag out consultation periods even longer than current regulations stipulate, a lawyer says.

More than 1,000 BBC employees have signed a petition requesting a meeting with the scheme trustees over changes to the pension scheme.