Civil servants in the Prospect union have overwhelmingly voted to accept the government's changes to public sector pensions.
About half of the 29,000 affected members voted in the ballot - 79% voted in favour of the changes. Another 5,000 of the union's members are affected by changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme, on which talks continue with employers. Deputy general secretary Dai Hudd said: "Members have had their say after noting that the proposed terms were the best achievable by negotiation. They understood that the government's offer was conditional on acceptance, and that if the terms were rejected there was a danger of government imposing something much worse." Hudd said Prospect would now...
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