UK. NHS retirees with six-figure pensions double in a year
The number of retired NHS workers receiving pensions paying £100,000 has more than doubled in a year. Nearly 2,000 former consultants and senior staff now have pensions paying six-figures – up from 890 last year and 698 in 2022. Britain’s public sector pension debt has swollen to nearly £5 trillion, which is the equivalent of £173,000 per household. The NHS retirement plan, which is the nation’s largest public sector pension scheme, paid £12bn to its retirees in the 2023-2024 tax year, official documents show. Most...
