HOW GOOD ARE PUBLIC SECTOR PENSIONS - AND SHOULD THEY BE CUT? THIS IS MONEY PODCAST

A guaranteed income for your retirement years, steadily earned through your working life, and no need to worry about getting caught out by the vagaries of the stock market.

Sounds good, doesn't it? That's what a public sector pension delivers - and it's a far better deal than the retirement funds most people in the private sector save into.

So, why do we want to make the good thing worse, rather than the bad thing better? Shouldn't we be doing things the other way round?  

And shouldn't the government be doing everything it can to improve private sector pensions rather than chip away at their already inferior benefits?

On this episode of the This is Money Podcast, Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert talk pensions - and the gulf between the public and private sector that is getting ever wider.

Just how good is a public sector pension? Do many of those in line for them even realise how good they are? And how can we make the private sector catch up rather than trigger a race to the bottom?

Plus, why the Budget was very bad news if you earn £52,000, can Argos be saved - and is reviving the catalogue the answer, why are food prices so high, and finally, have you got one of the names most likely to win the Premium Bonds?