The pension gravy train continues in the public sector
Information gleaned from official government statistics has further confirmed the growing gap between private sector and public sector pension funds. It shows that over one third of senior civil servants in Britain have a pension pot of more than £1 million waiting for them on retirement. The figures include four "mandarins" within the Scottish government in Edinburgh who can expect a pension in excess of £50,000 a year after building up a pension pot of £1.35 million each.
Across the board it seems as though Whitehall chiefs are still enjoying the pension gravy train with a total pension fund of over £130 million shared between just under 190 top-level civil servants. This equates to an average pension pot of over £700,000 each!
There is no doubt that the final salary pension scheme is dying a death in the private sector but very much alive and kicking in the public sector where taxpayers are expected to pick up any deficits. The difference between the public and the private sector has never been larger than today and is set to expand even further in the short to medium term. Taxpayers are now becoming more and more annoyed at the fact they are struggling to pay their own everyday living expenses, let alone plan for their futures, while bailing out top civil servants in the UK.
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