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| Public sector pensions offer to unions to be 'enhanced' | Public sector pensions offer to unions to be 'enhanced' |
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| Ministers are set to make an "enhanced offer" to unions in a bid to get public sector pension changes agreed. | Ministers are set to make an "enhanced offer" to unions in a bid to get public sector pension changes agreed. |
| The BBC has been told the offer will focus on more generous pension accrual rates and higher "cost ceilings" that limit taxpayer liabilities. | The BBC has been told the offer will focus on more generous pension accrual rates and higher "cost ceilings" that limit taxpayer liabilities. |
| Many unions are balloting over planned industrial action on 30 November. | Many unions are balloting over planned industrial action on 30 November. |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander and Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude are due to set out their plans to trade unions. | Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander and Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude are due to set out their plans to trade unions. |
| Detailed negotiations | Detailed negotiations |
| They will also update MPs in a Commons statement. | They will also update MPs in a Commons statement. |
| Government sources said the aim was to inform public sector workers about what the changes would mean for their pensions before the results of strike ballots are announced soon. | Government sources said the aim was to inform public sector workers about what the changes would mean for their pensions before the results of strike ballots are announced soon. |
| The offer also reflects the government's desire to reach agreement on the overall framework for reform as soon as possible so they can start negotiating on the details within each pension scheme. | The offer also reflects the government's desire to reach agreement on the overall framework for reform as soon as possible so they can start negotiating on the details within each pension scheme. |
| Treasury sources said the changes would mean that most workers would pay in more and work for longer but those on low and middle incomes would get a pension as good as or better than they would get now. | Treasury sources said the changes would mean that most workers would pay in more and work for longer but those on low and middle incomes would get a pension as good as or better than they would get now. |
| Ballot results | Ballot results |
| They also insisted that the package would be far more generous than most in the private sector. | They also insisted that the package would be far more generous than most in the private sector. |
| BBC political correspondent Robin Brant says the key date is 30 November when an array of trade unions are planning a national walkout on a huge scale in protest against coalition government plans to radically change public sector pension provision. | |
| Our correspondent was told by one senior union negotiator that they do not know the significance of the offer but it seems like some kind of progress, but they do not expect in their words that "anyone will be declaring peace in our time". | |
| More than a million members of public sector union Unison are involved in a vote on potential strike action, with the result due to be announced on Thursday. | |
| Unison is opposed to proposed pension changes that will see public sector staff have to contribute more to their pensions and wait longer until they are able to retire. | Unison is opposed to proposed pension changes that will see public sector staff have to contribute more to their pensions and wait longer until they are able to retire. |
| A number of other public sector unions are also proposing strike action on 30 November, and some of them will continue to ballot until 16 November. |