Mark Thompson, the BBC director-general, has signalled a retreat on some of the changes proposed to the corporation's "gold-plated" pension scheme, in an attempt to avert "inevitable" strikes next month. Mr Thompson and other senior BBC managers are engaging in a charm offensive with staff, who have reacted angrily to proposed cuts in pension provision. Staff are particularly enraged by Mr Thompson's proposal that increases in their pensionable salaries will be capped at one per cent a year,...
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