SDLP MP Raises Pension Plight on the Floor of House of Commons

Speaking from Westminster the MP for South Down said;

“I along with my SDLP colleagues have taken the fight for the protection of public sector pensions to Westminster. Today in the House of Commons during Northern Ireland Question Time I raised in injustice of the attacks on public sector pensions.

The SDLP will continue to challenging this unjustified attack on public sector pensions. We will join with our colleagues in the Labour Party in opposing the Government hike in public sector pension contributions, and their campaign against public sector workers, many of whom face uncertain futures as a result of the Tory-Lib Dem cuts.

The SDLP have consistently stood up for the rights of public sector workers, we have consistently voted against public sector cuts in Westminster, and were the only party in the Northern Ireland Executive to vote against the hike in public sector pension contributions.

I along with my colleagues will continue the fight to protect the rights of public sectors workers, now and into their old age.

We must protect and promote the founding principles of the welfare state, in particular the right to dignity in old age and a fair deal on pensions.”

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