Lobby group to govt: Save £900m a year with our pension plan

The Local Government Employers has written to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles with its plan, seen by the BBC. It says employees could either pay more in - starting in two years' time - to keep their benefits, or pay what they do now and get less when they retire. The latest plan, which could affect two million workers, claims to deliver the required savings without employees opting out of the pension scheme. In the letter to Mr Pickles, the group states its proposal "delivers the required level of savings, other than wholly through an increase in employee contributions, minimise...