Reform threatens to cut council workers’ pensions while amassing big pension pots for themselves

Reform threatens to cut council workers’ pensions while amassing big pension pots for themselves

Richard Tice has announced that new employees at councils controlled by Reform UK will get less generous pensions, and called defined benefit pension schemes “an outrage”. The party has also suggested that existing staff in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) would receive smaller pay rises to offset their “generous” pensions. Earlier this week, Reform launched its Elon Musk-inspired Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)-style team a…

Reform UK’s pension plan deserves early retirement | News, Press release

Commenting on remarks made by Richard Tice about preventing new recruits to Reform-controlled councils from joining the local government pension scheme alongside threats to cut the pay of existing employees, UNISON assistant general secretary Jon Richards said today (Thursday): “This looks like another Reform UK policy scribbled on the back of a beer mat. “Local authorities are obliged to offer access to the local government pension scheme to …