UK PRESS: Pension payments to retired public servants in the UK could
balloon by 200 per cent to stg 79bn a year in the next 50 years,
according to a report by government spending watchdogs published today,
the Independent reports. The independent study by the National Audit
Office (NAO) will increase the pressure on politicians to rein in the
generous final salary schemes for public sector workers as they seek to
cut the deficit in the public finances after the general election, the
paper says.