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PCS Article – Media Myths About Civil & Public Services:

• Myth 1: civil and public servants are well paid
• Myth 2: civil service pensions are ‘gold plated’
• Myth 3: civil and public servants are secure in their jobs
• Myth 4: privatisation

TUC Articles – Speak up for Public Services:

• Introduction to articles

Pensions:

• Exploding Public Sector Pensions Myths  Part 1 – The Attacks
• Exploding Public Sector Pensions Myths Part 2 – MYTH 1 The cost of public sector pensions is spiralling out of control
• Exploding Public Sector Pensions Myths Part 3 – MYTH 2 Savings could be made by replacing final salary (defined benefits) schemes by a defined contribution scheme
• Exploding Public Sector Pensions Myths Part 4 – MYTH 3 The discrepancy between private and public sector pensions needs to be tackled by punishing the public sector
• Exploding Public Sector Pensions Myths part 5 – MYTH 4 Most public sector workers retire at 60 on two thirds of their final salary
• Exploding Public Sector Pensions Myths Part 6 – MYTH 5  It is unfair that public sector workers benefit from “gold plated” pensions
• Exploding Public Sector Pensions Myths Part 7 – MYTH 6 The Private Sector props up the Public Sector

Privatisation:

• Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 1 – Summary
• Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 2 – The push to privatisation
• Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 3 – MYTH 1  During the economic downturn, the best way to save money is to privatise public services
• Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 4 – MYTH 2 The private sector costs less than the public sector to deliver services and is more efficient
• Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 5 – MYTH 3 Competition is the best way to improve public services
• Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 6 – MYTH 4 The private sector is more responsive to service users’ individual needs
• Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 7 – MYTH 5 The public sector has a worse productivity record than the private sector
• Exploding Public Sector Privatisation Myths – Part 8 – MYTH 6 “Back-office” functions can be outsourced without impacting on front-line services

Miscellaneous Articles:

• Media Myths & the Civil Service Again (the proposed reform of the civil service compensation scheme)
• Media Myths About Civil & Public Services – Part 6 (exposing the myth that civil servants are paid more than private sector counter parts)
• Media Myths About Civil & Public Services – MoD Bonuses
• Media Myths – MoD Budget
• Media Myths – MoD Pay, Pensions and Bonuses
• The Media and the Myths Revisited (Looking for a good hire? you will get a great recruit from the public sector)

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