The absurd government rhetoric about gold-plated public pensions - 50% get £5,600 or less - clearly backfired.

We are already having to shell out for their gold-plated pensions.

Public-sector jobs are often associated with the idea of a gold-plated pension.

With a huge budget deficit you can't expect taxpayers to work longer and pay more so public sector workers can retire earlier on gold-plated pensions.

"After a lifetime of service to the nation's children, these are not gold-plated pensions."

But he insisted claims of "gold-plated" pensions were wide of the mark.

But why are these "gold-plated" pensions under threat, and why is the whole process so complicated?

And he has more than the promise of numerous "gold-plated" pensions.

I think all those gold-plated pensions in the private sector have something to do with it!