Comments on: From the department of the bleeding obvious http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/11/from-the-department-of-the-bleeding-obvious/ Policy news and comment from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:07:33 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: HEATHER WAKEFIELD http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/11/from-the-department-of-the-bleeding-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-4227 HEATHER WAKEFIELD Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:50:22 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=4532#comment-4227 And let's not forgot that the Local Government Pension Scheme - which also covers education, Police, Probation and Fire and Rescue support staff as well as the Environment Agency - to name but a few, IS a funded scheme and generates a third of its cost through its investments. Not to mention the fact that UNISON's survey of 10,000 of our local government members in 2008 showed that 10% aren't in the LGPS - mostly because they say they can't afford to be. That's the extent of their rampant public sector pay rates! Being a funded scheme also (rightly) makes it more transparent than other publivc sector schemes and allows the Taxpayers Alliance and others to crawl all over it and come to nonsensical conclusions. Well, you can't win 'em all................. And let’s not forgot that the Local Government Pension Scheme – which also covers education, Police, Probation and Fire and Rescue support staff as well as the Environment Agency – to name but a few, IS a funded scheme and generates a third of its cost through its investments. Not to mention the fact that UNISON’s survey of 10,000 of our local government members in 2008 showed that 10% aren’t in the LGPS – mostly because they say they can’t afford to be. That’s the extent of their rampant public sector pay rates!

Being a funded scheme also (rightly) makes it more transparent than other publivc sector schemes and allows the Taxpayers Alliance and others to crawl all over it and come to nonsensical conclusions.

Well, you can’t win ‘em all……………..

]]> By: MPs’ expenses row is symptom of wider inequality | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/11/from-the-department-of-the-bleeding-obvious/comment-page-1/#comment-4222 MPs’ expenses row is symptom of wider inequality | ToUChstone blog: A public policy blog from the TUC Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:11:21 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=4532#comment-4222 [...] state the bleedin’ obvious myself) most people don’t earn anything like the top decile. They think that MPs should be [...] [...] state the bleedin’ obvious myself) most people don’t earn anything like the top decile. They think that MPs should be [...]

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