New pay and pension calculator – how much is the government taking from you?
Use the new PCS pay and pension calculator to see how much more the government wants you to pay while working longer to receive less.
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Pensions latest
PCS members are being balloted from 24 February to 16 March to a) ask to support the national executive council’s rejection of the latest government offer on pensions and b) ask for support for a programme of action including joint strike action with oher public sector unions on 28 March.
Read More »PCS calls for unity to win fair pensions
The PCS national executive commitee met on 10-12 January and unanimously rejected the government’s offer of a new pension scheme for civil servants.
Read More »Pensions update – PCS refuses to pay more and work longer for less
An explanation of the government’s latest pensions offer and why PCS has rejected the offer is on the PCS website with links to all relevant documents
Read More »Chancellor announces public sector pay cap
Chancellor George Osborne has announced public sector pay rises are to be capped at 1% for two years, in his update on the state of the economy.
Read More »Five reasons public service workers are right to strike
Supportive article on the pensions dispute in the Guardian
Read More »Pensions how much will you lose?
Departmental/Civil Service management has issued a pensions calculator. This omits the substantially increased contributions staff will have to make and the disastrous effect of switching the inflation calculation for uprating pensions from RPI to CPI, a move which will substantially decrease the value of all pensions over a number of years. The claim that it […]
Read More »Pension-slashing minister Francis Maude could pick up £731k retirement pot
Interesting article in the Daily Mirror about ministers’ pensions which are not being cut
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