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It's Good to see Someone's Making Money in the UK

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  • donaldtramp
    donaldtramp Posts: 761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Lets not forget their golden pensions with it's £1.1 TRILLION Deficit

    That's £1100 BILLION.
    On the same day as the Government set out cost-capping measures for public
    sector pensions in the Pre-Budget Report, further Treasury documents revealed
    that the official estimate of unfunded liabilities (on the Government’s own figures,
    which are much lower than the £1.1 trillion estimated by independent experts)
    has increased to £770 billion, up from the Government’s last published estimate
    of £650 billion. Although this is not a figure that will have to be paid off in one go,
    it is equivalent to around £30,000 per household in the UK, and is almost as high
    as the official national debt.
    The Commission has been set up as a result of an initiative from the Institute of
    Economic Affairs, the Institute of Directors and other groups and is chaired by an
    independent actuary. It is seeking evidence on the potential for reform, and will
    produce a final report in the summer of 2010, following extensive consultation
    with experts from across the pensions spectrum.

    Funny how the report is due just AFTER parliament is dissolved.
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