If the Local Government Pension Scheme is in crisis the Secretary of State should take immediate steps to meet any shortfall. In truth, though, it is in good shape, says Brian Strutton.

We are used to ill-informed comments about public sector pensions - and the Local Government Pension Scheme in particular - but it was shocking to read Bob Neill's assertion in The MJ on 30 June that ‘the LGPS is no longer sustainable'.