LGG wants a voice at pension reform talks

摘要

Town hall employers have said they want to join Whitehall-union negotiations over local government pension reforms, after a leading unionist warned forthcoming discussions should not be co-ordinated by the Treasury and Cabinet Office alone. Sources at the Local Government Group (LGG), which represents employers, said staff wanted to attend the separate Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) negotiations agreed by ministers before last week's strikes by teachers and civil servants.