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  Opposition Day - Public Sector Pensions
  
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  @ MP voted aye against making public sector pensions less generous. 
  @ MP voted no in favour of making public sector pensions less generous. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted in favour of making public sector pensions less generous. 
  
  The motion rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House
  :''recognises and appreciates'' the valuable work done by public sector workers;
  :''believes'' that they should receive pensions which are affordable, sustainable and fair;
  :''further believes'' that the changes announced since June 2010 by the Government are primarily for the purposes of deficit reduction rather than a move to secure the long-term sustainability of public sector pensions;
  :''notes'' that these changes are unfair on public sector workers who will have to work longer, pay more and receive less in their pension when they retire;
  :''further notes'' the findings of the National Audit Office that the 2007-08 pensions re-negotiation changes will generate estimated savings of 14 per cent. by 2059-60 and the conclusions of the House of Commons Committee of Public Accountsâ Thirty-eighth Report of this Session on the Impact of the 2007-08 changes to public sector pensions (HC 833), that the cost of public service pensions has reduced substantially because of these changes;
  :''agrees'' with criticism in both reports of the failure to develop a long-term strategy for the role of pensions in recruitment and retention to the public sector;
  :''condemns'' the Governmentâs threat to cut devolved administrationsâ budgets if they do not implement the Governmentâs immediate levy on pensions contributions; and 
  :''calls'' on the Government to reverse its unfair changes to public sector pensions.
  
  
  
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