Pensions Reform

I thank the hon. Gentleman, but perhaps he misunderstood my argument. I am arguing that the way in which the Government are approaching public sector reform is incoherent and that some public sector schemes, such as the local government scheme, are being treated completely differently from others. The hon. Gentleman says that many local government employees are on low incomes, and he may well be right. Nevertheless, the Government can find the money to increase the share of GDP in public sector pensions by 50 per cent. but cannot find the money to increase the share of GDP in the state pension, which is relied on not only by people in the public sector, but by people on low incomes throughout the entire economy.