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According to figures provided by Unison, local government pension schemes pay out on average £4,000 for men and £2,800 for women, £56 a week.
Chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, who will outline the government position later today, warned union negotiators last month that Government plans represent 'by far the best that is likely to be on the table for years to come.'
Ministers are working towards raising contributions by an average 3.2 percentage points by 2014/15 to defray public sector pension spending by £2.8bn in three years. Expenditure on public sector pensions is set to double from £4bn currently to around £9bn in five years time, according to official forecasts.
Chief secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, who will outline the government position later today, warned union negotiators last month that Government plans represent 'by far the best that is likely to be on the table for years to come.'
Ministers are working towards raising contributions by an average 3.2 percentage points by 2014/15 to defray public sector pension spending by £2.8bn in three years. Expenditure on public sector pensions is set to double from £4bn currently to around £9bn in five years time, according to official forecasts.
Unions accuse ministers of ‘playground’ tactics in pension talks
From LG News
Unions have blamed ministers' use of 'naive tactics' more suited to playground games for putting crucial pensions talks in jeopardy, following the leak of figures detailing how much more than five million public sector workers could pay from next April.
Treasury plans published in The Telegraph confirm Coalition intentions to spare 750,000 of the lowest paid public sector workers from making increased payments.
Those earning £21,000 a year face increased contributions of £108 a year and those on a £35,000 salary would pay an additional £516 annually.
Further up the pay scales, teachers earning £50,000 a year would be expected to pay an additional £696 a year extra, civil servants £684 and those working in the NHS would be set for a £768 hike.
Highest earners would be hit the hardest by the pension reforms with pension increases of up to six percentage points of up to £284 a month - £3,400 a year more. In the £100,000 bracket civil servants would pay an extra £2,100 annually, doctors almost £2,000 and teachers £1,752.
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis said ministers were employing 'naïve tactics' which had put crucial talks 'in jeopardy'.
Mr Prentis said: 'The government must take its responsibilities seriously, and stop treating these talks like some kind of playground game.' He added there would be no point in holding 'a single further meeting' if ministers refuse to budge from their bargaining position.
Unions have blamed ministers' use of 'naive tactics' more suited to playground games for putting crucial pensions talks in jeopardy, following the leak of figures detailing how much more than five million public sector workers could pay from next April.
Treasury plans published in The Telegraph confirm Coalition intentions to spare 750,000 of the lowest paid public sector workers from making increased payments.
Those earning £21,000 a year face increased contributions of £108 a year and those on a £35,000 salary would pay an additional £516 annually.
Further up the pay scales, teachers earning £50,000 a year would be expected to pay an additional £696 a year extra, civil servants £684 and those working in the NHS would be set for a £768 hike.
Highest earners would be hit the hardest by the pension reforms with pension increases of up to six percentage points of up to £284 a month -
Mr Prentis said: 'The government must take its responsibilities seriously, and stop treating these talks like some kind of playground game.' He added there would be no point in holding 'a single further meeting' if ministers refuse to budge from their bargaining position.
