Sir – I see John Phillpott has jumped on the bandwagon of those attacking public sector pensions.
Given that the average public sector pension is about £7,000 per year, perhaps John would tell us how much lower it should be before he considers it “fair”.
It would be interesting if he told us what his pension will be so public sector workers can decide if it is “fair” or not. I’ll bet it will be well over £7,000!
I expect John feels that public sector pensions are not “fair” because public sector workers are supposed not to pay for them. This is a myth.
Employees either have pension contributions deducted from their salary, accept a lower salary or both. Where there is no fund to pay public sector pensions, this is a decision of government, not public sector workers.
Colin Jones
Worcester
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