Nov 22 2011

Pension-slashing minister Francis Maude could pick up £731k retirement pot

Category: National News,NewsGraham Noad @ 12:53 pm

Interesting article in the Daily Mirror about ministers’ pensions which are not being cut


Nov 21 2011

30 November march and rally

Category: Events,Industrial action,National News,NewsGraham Noad @ 9:49 am
November 30, 2011
12:00 pmto2:00 pm

Don’t just strike on 30 November join us on the march and rally and make your voices heard

March assemble 12 Noon at Lincoln Inn Fields
March moves off at 1pm Continue reading “30 November march and rally”


Nov 17 2011

Pensions – RPI is better than CPI – sign the petition

Category: National News,NewsGraham Noad @ 9:38 pm

The government has already changed the measure for uprating pensions from the Retail Price Index to the Consumer Price Index – which doesn’t include housing costs and is usually lower. Continue reading “Pensions – RPI is better than CPI – sign the petition”


Nov 15 2011

Pensions calculator

Category: National News,NewsGraham Noad @ 1:42 pm

The PCS pensions calculator has been revised to take account of the announcement on 2 November regarding the over 50s Continue reading “Pensions calculator”


Nov 14 2011

Civil servants united over pensions

Category: Industrial action,National News,NewsGraham Noad @ 4:58 pm

Members of  the other 2 unions representing civil servants across all departments have voted to take industrial action over pensions. Continue reading “Civil servants united over pensions”


Nov 11 2011

An offer we can and must refuse!

Category: Industrial action,National News,NewsGraham Noad @ 9:26 am

The PCS has endorsed the TUC statement on last week’s pensions offer and re-affirmed support for the TUC’s ongoing campaign for fair pensions.. The strength of feeling across the public sector unions has pushed the Coalition to propose that the accrual rate  for the career average scheme replacement to the Classic, Premium and Nuvos schemes– the percentage of salary earned as a pension every year – will be based on one-sixtieth of an average salary rather than the initial sixty-fifth as proposed earlier, and that anyone 10 years off retirement on 1 April 2012 will not be forced into the career average scheme or have a pension retirement age in the range 66-68. Continue reading “An offer we can and must refuse!”


Nov 07 2011

Government pensions offer – the truth

Category: National News,NewsGraham Noad @ 1:12 pm

PCS has published a guide separating the fact from fiction in the government’s pension offer on 2 November. Continue reading “Government pensions offer – the truth”


Nov 03 2011

Pensions latest

Category: Industrial action,National News,NewsGraham Noad @ 10:12 am

PCS reaction to the marginal concessions made by the government: Stop tinkering around the edges Continue reading “Pensions latest”


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