Clegg criticises 'gold-plated' public pensions ahead of Budget

The deputy prime minister was speaking after a pre-budget forecast report by the Office for Budgetary Responsibility revealed taxpayer spend will increase from £4bn to £9.4bn over the next five years. Clegg said: "Private sector workers have already seen final salary schemes close, while returns from defined contribution schemes fall. So can we really ask them to keep paying their taxes into unreformed gold-plated public sector pension pots? It's not just unfair - it's not affordable. "As we face up to living within our means, we cannot ignore a spending area which will more than doub...