{
  "id": 15381359,
  "title": "Record £12bn surplus in council pension fund is slammed as 'utterly nuts' while taxpayers battle potholes and shoddy social care",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/record-12bn-surplus-in-council-pension-fund-is-slammed-as-utterly",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-18T06:00:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16216629/Record-12bn-surplus-council-pension-fund-slammed-utterly-nuts-taxpayers-battle-potholes-shoddy-social-care.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Strathclyde Pension Fund has £12bn more in the kitty than it needs to pay the pensions of its near-300,000 members, its latest accounts show.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}