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Category: Pension news
What’s happening across UK public sector pensions: legislation, regulator actions, scheme administration, and policy developments. Apolitical, factual, with sources.
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The triple lock explained: how the State Pension rises, what changes from 2030, and why your public sector pension is different
The triple lock raises the State Pension each April by the highest of earnings growth, inflation or 2.5%. It gives 3.9% in April 2027, and the government plans to change it from April 2030. It…
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Budget 2026 and public sector pensions: what changed for scheme members, and what didn’t
The 28 October 2026 Budget created a Pension Tax Allowance, confirmed lower employer contributions for the public service schemes, changed the triple lock from 2030 and removed the two-year rule on death benefits. What each…
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Public service pension increase 2027: the expected 3.5% April rise and who gets it
Public service pensions rise every April by the previous September’s CPI. September 2026’s figure, published on 21 October, is 3.5%, and it sets the April 2027 increase for pensions in payment and deferred pensions. How…
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The NAO audit of the Civil Service pension move to Capita: what it covers, and what it can’t do for you
The National Audit Office has opened an audit of how the Civil Service Pension Scheme was handed to Capita and how it has been run since. What it will examine, when it is due, and…
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The minimum pension age rises to 57 in 2028. Many public sector members keep 55.
The minimum pension age rises from 55 to 57 on 6 April 2028. The Armed Forces, Police and Firefighters’ schemes are exempt, and many Teachers’, Civil Service, NHS and LGPS members may keep 55 under…
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Your State Pension and your scheme pension are taxed as one. From April 2027 that starts to show.
The full new State Pension passes the frozen personal allowance in April 2027, at £13,036.40 a year. The Budget’s new Pension Tax Allowance looks at total income, scheme pensions included, so with a full State…
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Police pension Regulation 36: the ill-health exclusion, and the plan to remove it
Some police officers pay lower pension contributions and cannot claim ill-health benefits at all. The Home Office wants to remove the rule that does it.
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NHS pension errors: what NHSBSA has admitted, and what it means for you
On 2 September 2026 the NHS Business Services Authority put a short page on its website saying it had found NHS pension errors: problems in the way some NHS pensions had been administered. The same…
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NHS McCloud statements: the backlog has grown every month since May 2026
NHSBSA sent a record 3,097 McCloud statements in June 2026 and the queue still got longer. What the published data actually shows, and what it means if you are waiting for yours.
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The Armed Forces pension report for 2025/26: what it actually tells members
The Ministry of Defence’s Armed Forces Pension Scheme report for 2025/26 shows delayed McCloud statements, records that had been missed, and 17,018 unclaimed pensions. Here is what it means, and how to claim.