Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, speaks during the Reform party's annual conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Thomas Krych)A trade union boss has hit out at Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice after he outlined plans to slash public sector pensions.Tice speculated on how long the government can go on offering so-called “defined benefit pensions” to state workers as the party looks to slash public spending if it wins the next election.Those pensions provide a guaranteed level of income, based on their final salary, to retired public sector employees after they stop working.The terms tend to be more generous than most modern-day private sector pensions, which are based on how much a worker pays into them during their career.Speaking to