Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat treasury spokesperson laid out their public sector plans at their party conference.He talked about “too many unaffordable defence commitments” and further advocated freezing public sector pay and abandoning civil service bonuses. Our union will welcome any move to get rid of bonus schemes in the civil service, but not in conjunction with pay freezes!
Rather than looking to improve pension provisions across the board, he advocated a race to the bottom as he talked of “very generous subsidised public sector pensions which desperately need reform” whilst “occupational pensions in private firms have been cut to shreds.” Our union will make no apology for fighting to retain our existing pension rights.
Addendum: This from the man who dropped a clanger yesterday, embarrassing himself and his colleagues over his ill thought out £1million pound house tax - Read the article here
