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The truth about Francis Maude's pension...

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malakadoush · 28/11/2011 21:36

So apparently the public sector have 'gold plated pensions'.

It would appear that, actually, MP's are referring to themselves.

Did you know that MP's pensions have been excluded from the current review and they won't have to pay additional contributions like the rest of the public sector.

And just in case anyone has missed this:

"Last week ministers tried to raise a scare about the alleged cost of the day of action. The fantasy figure they came up with was £500m. Even were it true, you would have to multiply it 248 times to get to the minimum calculation of the sum taxpayers have lost bailing out the banks: £124bn. That is why the "all in it together" rhetoric has attracted such ridicule. And there is no respect in which it is less true than pension provision. Cabinet members Francis Maude and Eric Pickles can look forward to more than £43,000 a year in retirement at the taxpayers' expense ? about £37,000 a year more than the dinner ladies they are now asking to pay more to get less. For those striking it is a very different picture. They are victims of the elite policy of taking money from the taxpayer to give it to the bankers and then plugging the budget gap at the expense of some of the poorest."

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malakadoush · 01/12/2011 23:22

Eleanor - I think that would have intrigued me too! Grin

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malakadoush · 01/12/2011 23:22

Do you think he has a penis...ugh making me feel quite ill!

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EdithWeston · 05/12/2011 11:01

Moving away from the penis (thankfully) and back to the OP a bit, this BBC article mentions MPs pensions reform and says that their contributions are set to rise by about £4k to maintain the level of pay out.

inhibernation · 05/12/2011 21:55

Malaka - you are tenacious my dear. They are now talking to themselves on the other thread. Lurked very briefly to see if anyone had popped in with something interesting to say. Alas not Grin

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