Government denied leave to appeal £4bn-a-year discrimination ruling

In a case concerning changes to the firefighters' and judges' pension schemes, the government had forced younger members to less generous schemes, while the oldest workers were able to continue accruing benefits in the older, more generous schemes as "transitional protection". Younger members - who were more likely to be women or black, Asian or minority ethnic - complained to the courts, with an initial employment tribunal and a follow-up Court of Appeal ruling declaring the changes unlawful. Now, the Supreme Court has denied the government to appeal the decision once more, exhaustin...