If there are, flip-flop, then I don't know who. My pension will based on the amount of contributions I make into the fund and as far as I know, that goes for most of us.
Many private employers pay contributions towards their employees' pension schemes, and they pay those contributions as part of their overheads. When their overheads go up, so do their customer charges. Your local council is no different. If they don't make money, how the hell do you think they're going to provide your services? And if they don't provide their employees with a decent pension scheme, then people aren't going to want to work for them.
By the sound of it, you've never worked for a local authority. Do you know how appallingly some of them treat their lower paid workers? You know, some employers provide private health care schemes, expensive cars, generous bonuses and a whole host of other benefits. Most council workers get stuff all benefits from their employers (we're not even allowed to accept corporate gifts), and if a half-way decent pension is all they're going to end up with, well good for them. That a quarter of my council tax pays for a fraction of our cleaner's pension - which is going to be even more modest than mine - bothers me little. That some obnoxious oik objects to that but can do little about it, pleases me immensely.
From what you say, your council tax must be around �2800, which would indicate to me that you can afford a decent house in a decent area and can afford a decent quality of life. So why, when you've retired, should I pay to supplement your nice, private-pension-funded lifestyle with a standard state pension when there's an old lady down the road who would starve without hers? Especially when you have an objection to giving her a little support.