It is hard to imagine a better deal than the one the Government has offered the unions, says John Hutton.

Much of the speechmaking emanating from the International Convention Centre in Birmingham over the last couple of days is marked by a degree of ostensible radicalism well beyond anything heard in ministerial speeches under New Labour. Where business secretary John Hutton proclaimed that huge salaries were something to celebrate, his successor Vince Cable attacks ‘pay

Strikes and industrial action will not make the hard choices about funding public-sector pensions go away, says John Hutton.

HUNDREDS of thousands of public sector workers in Scotland would have to pay more and work for longer under recommendations put forward by Lord John Hutton to reform the strug

John Hutton's interim report on public sector pensions today will go down as one of the most important moments in the public service reform story.  John Hutton doesn't just set out the principles for putting public services on a sustainable footing, although he does do that (by explaining the inadequate levels of contributions into these schemes).  More importantly, he confront...

I’ve not yet had time to fully digest all 176 pages of John Hutton’s interim report on the future of public sector pensions, but here are some parts which have stood out so far and look to be the key issues for the future: I have been struck both by the enormous complexity of the

Aging, rising cost, and a growing gap between public and private pensions demands action, writes John Hutton

John Hutton, who today published his interim report into public sector pensions, is a former Labour party politician who served in a range of cabinet roles before being handed a peerage by David Cameron in May.

Ex-Labour MP John Hutton will get more than £300 a day to help slash public sector pensions. The former Cabinet minister sparked fury by agreeing to head Chancellor George Osborne's review that will cut the pay or pensions of millions. The ex-Defence Secretary, now Lord Hutton of Furness, only works three days a week for the fat salary that will disgust teachers, nurses and other hard-w...

The public sector cannot remain immune from the demographic and structural changes that have been taking place in our society and economy. These have created pressures on pension provision right across the country, writes John Hutton