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But is it 'fair'?
— the UK Coalition Government, 'fairness' and the 'reform' of public sector pensions |
| Author(s) | Tony Cutler, Barbara Waine |
| Journal title | Social Policy and Administration, vol 47, no 3, June 2013 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, June 2013 |
| Pages | pp 327-345 |
| Source | http://wileyonlinelibrarycom/journal/spol |
| Keywords | Retirement pensions ; Government ; Statutory agencies ; Social change ; Rights [elderly] ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Analyses arguments for reform of public sector pension schemes by the UK Coalition Government on the grounds that existing provision is `unfair'. Three dimensions of `fairness' are discussed: that between public and private sector provision; between the costs to public sector employees and other taxpayers; and between members of public sector schemes. The article argues that there are serious weaknesses in the Coalition position on each of these dimensions of `fairness'. It suggests that these weaknesses are rooted in the discussion of public sector pensions in isolation from the overall pattern of occupational pension provision in the UK and that a more satisfactory analysis requires reference to principles of distributive justice. (NH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130823264 A |
| Classmark | JJA: VJA: PB: TMH: IKR: 8 |
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