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Union leaders have defended public sector pensions, accusing critics of ‘envy'. It followed research highlighting the costs and benefits compared with the private sector. Dai Hudd, Prospect deputy general secretary, said: ‘Further erosion of salary-linked pensions in the public sector will extinguish any hope of reintroducing such arrangements to the private sector. ‘The attacks on the public sector come from captains of industry and newspaper proprietors, who all enjoy pension and bonus arrangements which make public sector benefits look stingy by comparison.'

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Unison attacks pension 'envy'

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