The pension cuts the government is introducing to public sector workers who are saving for their retirement are "unacceptable", it has been claimed.

General secretary at trade union PCS Mark Serwotka told the BBC Wake Up to Money podcast that its members went on strike because the coalition "was forcing them to work longer, pay more and get less".

He said this situation has still not changed and the latest round of pension cuts has not been accepted by the union.

Christina McAnea, head of health at Unison, noted there has been some progress made regarding the matter. However, her organisation wanted to limit the impact of the government's proposals "to try and save as much as we could of our members' public sector pension".

Earlier this month, the coalition announced it has now set its final position regarding the matter after ten months of negotiations with unions, with a newly designed scheme to be introduced in 2015.

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