FDA responds to proposed pensions cap

The FDA's general secretary, Jonathan Baume, appeared on Saturday morning's BBC Breakfast rejecting the proposals for a public sector pensions cap of £50,000 put forward by Terry Rooney MP, chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

In the two interviews, which were picked up elsewhere in the media, Baume said that he was "genuinely puzzled" by the MP's comments, which would affect only a small number of civil servants as well as hospital consultants and some teachers.

He added: "There is no doubt that civil servants accept lower salaries in the knowledge that they have an entitlement to a stable pension. I think people will be genuinely angry if they feel that the contract they have signed - which has followed them through their careers - is about to be reneged upon."

Press release
FDA rejects pensions cap as 'lacking financial logic'

Media coverage
FDA general secretary Jonathan Baume rejects proposed pensions cap
BBC Radio 4 News at 1pm; 5 September 2009 (1min 50sec into programme)

MP calls for £50,000 pensions cap
bbc.co.uk; 5 September 2009