Unions appeal High Court pension decision

Since April, the government has used CPI rather than RPI to uprate public sector pensions . In December, the High Court ruled the decision was lawful. Prospect, the First Division Association (FDA), GMB and National Union of Teachers, as well as the Civil Service Pensioners' Alliance, have lodged the appeal challenging the ruling. Fellow unions Unison and Unite have lodged a separate appeal but all parties are coordinating their campaigns. The unions will argu that CPI is not an appropriate indicator of inflation as, they claimed, it does not measure increases in prices but assumes...