The likely abolition of Whitehall's ‘fair pensions' rules should help the coalition improve the diversity of local government service provision, a leading lawyer has told The MJ.
Mark Greenburgh, a local government expert at lawyer Wragge and Co, said he welcomed the Treasury's decision to review its Fair Deal policy, which prescribed the level of pension provision offered to public sector staff when they were compulsorily transferred to non-public employers.
