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The Times & The Sunday Times

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Quarter of council tax revenue spent on ‘unjustifiably generous’ staff pensions

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Councils contributed nearly 7 billion to their staff’s pensions over the past year .

Amount would cost a penny on income tax if it was paid out of general taxation.

Average household is effectively paying more than 230 a year directly into council staff's pensions.

Average council employee earns nearly 40,000 a year, significantly above the national average.

Hampshire county council said Felicity Roe’s pension contribution was deleted as part of the restructure’ However, more than nine in ten councils are experiencing staff-recruitment and retention difficulties.

McPhail believes the government should include reform of the scheme in its current review of workplace pensions.

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