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Prison officers to rally over pay and pensions
Prison workers may have to work until they are 68 to claim their pension
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Members of prison officers' union POA will take part in a Westminster rally on Budget Day in protest over plans to cut their pay but make them work for longer.

Wednesday's demonstration comes as axe-mad Chancellor George Osborne sets out his latest cuts to public services.

Prison workers may have to work until they are 68 to claim their pension while seeing their pay and pensions downgraded.

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