Public sector pensions £580bn in the red
Actuaries have calculated that using controversial pension accounting standard FRS 17, public sector pension funds are close to £600bn in the red, a figure which exceeds the national debt by nearly 50%.
Actuaries have calculated that using controversial pension accounting standard FRS 17, public sector pension funds are close to £600bn in the red, a figure which exceeds the national debt by nearly 50%.
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Watson Wyatt calculated the figure using FRS 17 which is the new accounting standard which all listed companies must use from 1 January 2005.
It is 50% higher than government estimates, and dwarfs the national debt which currently stands at £400bn.
Public sector pension liabilities are now growing at a rate of £46bn a year, enough to add 14p to income tax, the Daily Telegraph reported.
Last week actuaries Lane Clark & Peacock calculated that the deficits of FTSE100 pension schemes dropped last year from £55bn to £42bn.
FRS 17 requires businesses to show pension fund assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for the first time.
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