Sensible idea is sensible

Yes, this makes sense:

Millions of teachers, nurses and civil servants could be offered higher salaries in return for lower pensions under plans being considered to retain staff and avoid further pay disputes.

Generous public sector pensions would be reduced in exchange for thousands of pounds more in pay packets now, under a model designed to ease staffing problems without increasing overall costs to the taxpayer.

Political sense, that is. Economic sense would be to reduce the pensions without increasing the current pay. Public sector compensation is substantially above private sector for that very reason of the excessive pensions. We should bring about a little more equality by removing that excess therefore.

Yes, we know, a little late in the year to be Scrooge - or excessively early perhaps - but the visitations obviously didn’t work.