Carillion Lessons to be learned from Carillion’s collapse Readers respond to concerns over pensions and the wider supply chain after the insolvency of construction company with 450 public sector contracts A crane bearing the logo of Carillion, which has gone into liquidation. Photograph: Mark Thomas/Rex/ShutterstockYou report that Carillion has a pensions deficit of £600m (Scramble to save jobs as Carillion crisis deepens, 16 January). Company pensions should be much more clearly separated from the parent company and tighter actuarial control applied to avoid deficits which are inexcusable. For obvious reasons the government cannot simply allow the public sector contracts to fail. Rick BarkerStocksfield, Northumberland• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2018 17:15 UTC