Richard Tice’s LGPS attack misses the real cause of the council funding crisis

Richard Tice’s attack on the LGPS makes headlines – but as Mona Dohle writes, the scheme has delivered savings while councils have been crippled by years of funding cuts.

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Last week, Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice hit the headlines with sharp criticism of the LGPS, accusing the scheme of a “gravy train culture”,

Richard Tice’s LGPS attack misses the real cause of the council funding crisis

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