Reform’s public-sector pensions plan could cost billions extra, union warns

05/11/2025 13:55 The Guardian

Prospect says proposals to make payouts less generous would damage public finances rather than save moneyUK politics live – latest updatesReform UK’s plans to make public-sector pensions less generous could cost billions extra a year and cause a ticking timebomb in the public finances, a leading trade union has warned.Prospect said the plans unveiled by the party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, would damage the public finances rather than save money “and end up costing taxpayers tens of billions of pounds in the years to come”. Continue reading...

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