Public 部門 年金s may be axed

By Kirsty Walker
Updated: 08:15 BST, 29 June 2010

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Gold-plated public 部門 年金 計画／陰謀s could be scrapped に引き続いて an 独立した・無所属 review led by former 閣僚 大臣 John Hutton.

End of the road: Generous final salary 計画／陰謀s may の近くに.

He 警告するd that the generous 退職 一括s enjoyed by millions of public 部門 労働者s would not be '免疫の' from the axe.

The former 労働 work and 年金s 長官 追加するd that the 明言する／公表する may have to follow the lead of 私的な 会社／堅いs which have been 軍隊d to の近くに most of their final salary 計画／陰謀s.

Mr Hutton has been 新採用するd by 総理大臣 David Cameron to 抑制（する） 明言する／公表する 従業員s' 退職 基金s, which have created a staggering £1 一兆 黒人／ボイコット 穴を開ける in the public 財政／金融s.

令状ing in the 財政上の Times, Mr Hutton 警告するd: 'I must and will have regard to the 会計の challenges that 嘘（をつく） ahead for Britain.

'They are formidable. To ignore them 完全に would be irresponsible to both taxpayers and public 部門 労働者s.

He 追加するd that few 労働者s in the 私的な 部門 are now members of final salary 計画／陰謀s - which can 支払う／賃金 out two-thirds of salary each year - as the 危険s associated with them were 'too 広大な／多数の／重要な to 扱う'.

Mr Hutton 追加するd: 'By contrast, as the public 部門 has 拡大するd in 最近の years, more and more 労働者s have become members of its mostly final salary 年金 計画／陰謀s.'

The former 労働 MP 主張するd that entitlements which people have already accrued would be 'fully honoured'. But he said: 'As a country, we have no choice but to look at this 問題／発行する and come to a 見解（をとる） about how we can go sensibly 今後.'

The total 全体にわたる 義務／負債 of public 部門 年金s has 増大するd to over £1 一兆 - 153 times more than 年次の public spending.

Mr Hutton, who is taking 証拠 from 利益／興味d parties, is 予定 to produce an 暫定的な 報告（する）／憶測 on his findings in the autumn.

Mr Cameron has 以前 警告するd that the gold-plated 年金 一括s are ' unsustainable'.

の中で the 選択s that are 存在 considered by Mr Hutton is a いわゆる '支払う／賃金-as-y ou-go' 計画／陰謀 where staff earn the 権利 to a lump sum on 退職.

Rather than 投資するing the money in the 財政上の markets the money would be （犯罪の）一味-盗品故買者d into a personal account. The more an 従業員 had 与える／捧げるd into the 計画／陰謀, the more they would receive in 退職.

The direct 出資／貢献 計画／陰謀s are already used in countries such as Sweden and the Netherlands. 支持者s, which 含む the 連合 of British 産業, 主張する the system would 除去する the 危険s to the taxpayer as public 部門 年金s would no longer be at the mercy of the money markets.

But any such move would be met by 猛烈な／残忍な 抵抗 from public 部門 unions as it would 要求する Britain's six million public 部門 staff to 支払う／賃金 more into their 年金 計画／陰謀s.

専門家s say that 非難する an extra 2.5% of salary in 年金 出資／貢献s will raise around £3.2bn a year.

Other 選択s 存在 considered by Mr Hutton 含む raising the 退職 age and switching to 年金s based on a career 普通の／平均（する） - rather than final salary.

Mr Hutton 追加するd: 'We must all now be able to 満足させる ourselves that the 問題／発行するs of affordability and sustainability have been fully 調査するd. That is what I ーするつもりである my 調査 to do.'