I WAS shocked and disappointed to see that the Echo saw fit to publish Ralph Prothero’s letter (Letters, November 29) full of such glaring inaccuracies. So public sector workers retire at 60 at the latest do they? I suggest Mr Prothero reads up on the Local Government Pension Scheme regulations before he chooses to comment next time.
He also refers to the public sector as “sheltered employment’’. Really? All the Local Government, NHS, police and civil service workers who have lost their jobs due to chronic government underfunding would disagree with him on that.
Then the real howler... Mr Prothero thinks that a quarter, that’s right, A QUARTER, of our council tax goes on public sector pensions. What’s the source of your information Mr Prothero – “Noddy's book of fantastic facts’’?!
I’m all for encouraging lively debate, but really, the Echo should be printing serious letters with serious opinions, not works of fiction!
JAMIE DAVIS, Newport.
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