Pensions.

HM Government e-petitions: The petition 'Public & Private Pension Increases - change from RPI to CPI' has reached 109,392 signatures

This e-petition has reached 100,000 signatures. The Government has notified the Backbench Business Committee in the House of Commons who will consider its suitability for debate when Parliament returns in September. This e-petition will remain live, and people will be able to continue adding their signatures. The Backbench Business Committe have announced that a debate relating to this e-petition will take place on Thursday 1 March 2012 in the Chamber of the House of Commons. Further information about the debate, and on the workings of the Backbench Business Committee, can be found on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/bbcom The Government will post a further response to this petition following the debate.
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Pensions Champions - update

Dear Pensions Champions,

Thank you once again for continuing your work as a pensions point of contact for members in your area.

Intense negotiations have been underway and although some of you will be in regular contact with your regions and be checking the UNISON website for updates, we thought it would be useful to email you all and ensure you are aware of the latest pension resources.

All schemes are nearing the stage where details will go out of a final offer - final proposals will be considered by the service group executives and then members will be consulted.

As pensions champions you’ll probably find you are getting increased questions about what’s happening. To help you with these queries please follow the following links to our most up to date resources. All documents can also be found on our main pensions campaign website http://www.unison.org.uk/pensions/ and we anticipate more resources coming on line over the next few week

Training is also available - please let your region know if you would like some training and they should be able to help you with this.

Regards
Michelle Singleton
On behalf of the Pensions Campaign Team

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http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/19736.pdf

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http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/19739.pdf

Employer discretion to award compensation or additional pension benefits on redundancy and retirement in the interests of efficiency of the service. Pensions.