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Police boards urge government to take responsibility for pensions

Police boards are demanding that Scottish ministers take responsibility for pensions, as the cost of a surge in retirement lump sum payments threatens to leave a £145m gap in budgets over the next three years.

Police boards are demanding that Scottish ministers take responsibility for pensions, as the cost of a surge in retirement lump sum payments threatens to leave a £145m gap in budgets over the next three years.