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The cost of training a doctor is estimated to be around £250k. There is no way doctors pay anywhere near this amount when they go through university and then become a junior registrar / house doctor.

DB schemes are grossly unaffordable and the burden falls on everyone else at a much later date. There is no evidence to suggest the public sector worker is paid less, in fact the ONS states that average earnings in the public sector are higher than the private sector. By all means have good pensions, but make the individual pay for them at full cost rather than be heavily subsidised by the taxpayer in later years.

NB I never said you were left aligned, but it is a favoured tactic of those who are.