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six public sector unions require courts to revoke the pension switch linked to a CPI index CPI

this week ask the courts to remove one of the austerity measures the government touches, in a move that could benefit millions of workers could lose to inflation linked with an increase in their pensions.

judges will be invited in two separate lawsuits to dismiss the ministers broke the law when deciding pensions and increase the power of benefits under the price index (CPI ), which historically increased by a smaller amount each year the price index (CPI).

If successful, the action taking place on the eve of the strike next month on possible cuts in public sector pensions could cost the Treasury £ 6,000,000,000 in lost savings by the end of the legislature, and 200 billion pounds over the next 40 years.

Six unions have mounted a claim on behalf of millions of public sector workers who have guaranteed defined benefit pensions, until April, increased in line with RPI. Once retired, workers can now expect to see their pensions lose value at a faster pace than before. Last month, the CPI measure of inflation was 5.2% against 5.6% for the CPI. The mean difference in the last 10 years was 0.75 percentage points.

Labour Lawyers argue that all negotiations in recent years pension is based on the retention of the relationship of RPI. They also say that the change in the CPI is a retrospective pension benefits cut, which is a violation of standards for human rights and the Social Security Act as it applies to income past and future retirement. The reforms have so far been limited to future benefits.
The switch has also been opposed by the Royal Statistical Society, who complained that the CPI is a poor reflection of the increased costs faced by pensioners. He complained to the Authority of Statistics of the United Kingdom, which oversees the inflation rate, calling on officials to show how far includes a basket of typical costs faced by pensioners.