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Unions lose court pension battle
15th December 2011 at 12:46:07 by Civil Service World
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Civil service trade unions have lost their judicial review against the government’s decision to link public sector pensions to the CPI measure of inflation rather than the more generous RPI measure.
The unions argued that the increase was unlawful because CPI is not a “proper” measure of inflation because it in part gauges consumer reactions to price increases; that the government was changing the rate only to save money; that the change infringed the “legitimate expectations” of claimants that RPI would be the norm; and that it broke the 1975 Sexual Discrimination Act.
The court dismissed all of the arguments either unilaterally, or by a majority vote. The TUC says it will appeal.
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