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At the same time, many long-serving public sector staff still earn pensions of up to two-thirds of their salary under the older arrangements. After retirement, these are uprated every year in line with inflation. Moreover, many public sector employees take their pensions early, often under pricey redundancy schemes with pension enhancements. These are people who should be working longer, particularly now the crashing birth rate makes it essential for us to keep skilled individuals in the workforce, off benefits of any kind and not discriminated against.