Ministers were spinning when they said public-sector pensions were unaffordable: the state can afford them if it chooses.

Lord Hutton's proposals for public-sector pensions will also cut the cost.

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My public-sector pension is paid for by a fully-funded pension scheme to which I and my employer contributed for thirty years.

The fight over public-sector pensions follows a movement to cut private sector pensions.

And the leader column says: The Labour Party has still to convince voters on the economy, public-sector pensions and immigration.

They stem from decisions made in Albany on tax cuts, public-sector pensions, Medicaid expansion and more, which shift costs to local governments.

Osborne thanks Lord Hutton, the former Labour minister, for his report on public-sector pensions.

But that is not an excuse to drag public-sector pensions into the gutter alongside the pensions of companies that are using any excuse to do their employees out of a decent pension.

It covers welfare and public-sector pensions, and accounts for more than we commit to public order, safety, housing, the environment, industry, agriculture, employment, defence, transport and personal social services added together.