BCC defends Government ahead of pension strike

Midgley says: “We cannot have the public sector holding the government to ransom. The Government must stand firm and not bow to union pressure.” He suggests the TUC "joins the rest of us in the real world", as the cost of public sector pensions is said to be close to £600bn and is therefore considered to be a massive burden on the shoulders of existing and future taxpayers. Comments come ahead of a proposed strike action taking place today at 12pm co-ordinated by the Trade Unions Congress (TUC), along with various other unions, which will see millions of civil servants in protest at a G...