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17 Oct 19
Pension tax relief will cost the government nearly £40bn in 2019-20 - up more than £2bn on last year, HMRC figures have shown.
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17 Sep 19
Handing Local Government Pension Scheme investments to ‘passive fund’ managers would spark pushback from the scheme’s stakeholders, CIPFA’s pensions advisor has told PF.
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11 Sep 19
There are options other than hiking the state pension age to pay for changing demographics, says Bright Blue’s Sam Robinson.
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27 Aug 19
Doctors and teachers will launch a legal challenge against the government following a landmark public sector pensions ruling, a law firm has said.
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15 Aug 19
The number of people receiving the state pension has fallen by 120,000 over the course of a year, government statistics have shown.
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9 Aug 19
Self-regulation will not stop the pension industry “ripping off” customers with hidden charges and the government must step in, say MPs.
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7 Aug 19
Proposals aimed at ending an ongoing NHS pensions row have been overhauled less than three weeks after they were announced.
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6 Aug 19
Pension savers want more responsible investment strategies but a clear policy framework is needed to enable a strong environmental, social and governance market, says Bright Blue’s Sam...
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26 Jul 19
Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced a consultation on NHS pensions, after changes to rules appear to have resulted in a reduction of doctor hours.
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26 Jun 19
The mishandling of a high-profile IT project has left Scotland’s public sector pensions body facing a budget gap of up to £23m over the next five years.
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25 Apr 19
Extra pressure could be placed on the NHS as doctors reduce their workloads because of tax charged on pension contributions, according to the British Medical Association.
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19 Mar 19
Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
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10 Jan 19
Local government workers whose jobs have been outsourced will remain in the Local Government Pension Scheme, under proposals announced today.
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3 Dec 18
CIPFA has urged local government pension scheme administrators to develop their own comprehensive risk management framework as it issued revised guidance in this area.
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14 Nov 18
The world of local government finance has seen massive changes in recent years, but updated guidance is available to help bridge the gap, explains consultant Peter Worth.
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14 Nov 18
Despite unprecedented challenges, the Local Government Pension Scheme has emerged as a robust, high-performing scheme, says CIPFA’s Mike Ellsmore.
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12 Nov 18
The government’s announcement of mandatory pooling of local government pension schemes certainly made waves, but, three years on, how are the new mega pools shaping up? Karen Day reports.
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15 Oct 18
A police chief has blamed real terms funding cuts from central government for having to make “unprecedented” cuts in his force’s officer and staff numbers.
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28 Sep 18
The Local Government Pension Scheme is in a “strong financial position”, the government’s first statutory review of it has revealed.
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4 Jul 18
Central government will not financially abandon local authorities – even as grants are phased out in favour of business rate revenue, local government minister Rishi Sunak has promised PF.
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14 Mar 18
A deal that could have ended the strikes over university staff pensions collapsed in less than a day.
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26 Jan 18
A new framework contract has been let to help funds in the Local Government Pension Scheme through the transition to pooled funds.
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5 Dec 17
Further reforms are needed to cope with ageing populations as global public spending on pensions has risen by about 1.5% of GDP since 2000, the OECD has said.
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29 Nov 17
The transport provider FirstGroup has announced plans to consolidate its pension scheme assets within the Local Government Pension Scheme, in the first move of its kind by a private sector employer.
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2 Aug 17
The number of women receiving the state pension has dropped by more than 1.1 million between 2010 and 2016, an Institute for Fiscal Studies report has found.
17 Oct 19Pension tax relief will cost the government nearly £40bn in 2019-20 - up more than £2bn on last year, HMRC figures have shown.
17 Sep 19Handing Local Government Pension Scheme investments to ‘passive fund’ managers would spark pushback from the scheme’s stakeholders, CIPFA’s pensions advisor has told PF.
11 Sep 19There are options other than hiking the state pension age to pay for changing demographics, says Bright Blue’s Sam Robinson.
27 Aug 19Doctors and teachers will launch a legal challenge against the government following a landmark public sector pensions ruling, a law firm has said.
7 Aug 19Proposals aimed at ending an ongoing NHS pensions row have been overhauled less than three weeks after they were announced.
6 Aug 19Pension savers want more responsible investment strategies but a clear policy framework is needed to enable a strong environmental, social and governance market, says Bright Blue’s Sam...
19 Mar 19Retired civil servants will have their pensions cut by up to £700 per year after mistaken payments were made over several years.
14 Nov 18The world of local government finance has seen massive changes in recent years, but updated guidance is available to help bridge the gap, explains consultant Peter Worth.
12 Nov 18The government’s announcement of mandatory pooling of local government pension schemes certainly made waves, but, three years on, how are the new mega pools shaping up? Karen Day reports.
15 Oct 18A police chief has blamed real terms funding cuts from central government for having to make “unprecedented” cuts in his force’s officer and staff numbers.
4 Jul 18Central government will not financially abandon local authorities – even as grants are phased out in favour of business rate revenue, local government minister Rishi Sunak has promised PF.
14 Mar 18A deal that could have ended the strikes over university staff pensions collapsed in less than a day.
29 Nov 17The transport provider FirstGroup has announced plans to consolidate its pension scheme assets within the Local Government Pension Scheme, in the first move of its kind by a private sector employer.
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