TUC fires opening salvo at government over pensions

Launching its report on pensions provision in the UK on the eve of the Brighton conference, TUC general sectary, Brendan Barber says only radical solutions can work and that “ministers must start preparing the ground now for the big changes that are required.” “In particular they are going to have to take on the bulk of the employer lobby, and tell them that they cannot continue to walk away from their responsibility to contribute to pensions. Voluntarism – or even expensive incentives - will not work compulsion must be introduce,” he says. Barber also launched a scathing attack on th...