Farage calls for crackdown on public sector pension 'Ponzi scheme'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Nigel Farage has called for a crackdown on public sector pension "Ponzi schemes" after it emerged a quarter of council tax revenue is funding staff retirement pots.
57% : A government spokesperson said: "Public sector pensions are an important part of the remuneration package for hard-working public sector workers and strike the right balance between rewarding them and being fair to the taxpayer.
56% : Separate research by The Telegraph shows there are around two million such pensions already in payment to retirees.
50% : He told The Telegraph: "Public sector pensions are the single biggest ticking bomb in our government finances.
46% : The Reform UK leader warned gold-plated public pensions are the "biggest ticking time bomb" in government finances and that the disparity with those in the private sector amounted to "pensions apartheid".

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