Phil Sherburn, who was a mining engineer and was transferred to the BCSSS pension scheme towards the end of his career, said: “Time is of the essence.
“We’re losing six members of our scheme every day because they’re dying off. I’m a relatively new pensioner, I’ve only been in pension for just over a year now but there are guys dropping off the other end which is tragic.”
A statement from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said the two pension funds operated differently and that energy minister Sarah Jones recently met BCSSS trustees and had committed to talking to the Treasury about their proposals.
“The government has taken no money from the scheme’s surpluses since 2015,” it added.
“All of that surplus is used purely to fund future pensions.”
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