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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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Pension scams in 2026: how AI deepfakes are changing the threat to public sector pension members
Consumer-grade AI voice cloning has changed the pension fraud picture in 2026. TPR has reviewed 1,000+ suspicious sites with £500k stolen and £2.5m at risk. Public sector members are particularly exposed — here’s how the…
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The Pensions Commission says 15 million Britons are undersaving: why public sector members are largely outside the warning
The Pensions Commission’s 19 May 2026 interim report identified 15 million working-age Britons as undersaving for retirement. Here is what the report actually says, why members of the NHS, Teachers’, LGPS, Civil Service, Armed Forces,…
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NHS pension McCloud: 99% of retired members are still waiting for their recalculated pension
99% of retired NHS pensioners in the McCloud immediate-choice cohort — 300,062 of 303,225 members — are still waiting for the corrective recalculation that confirms their pension is correct. Here’s what to do while you…
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TPR Corporate Strategy 2026: Six Outcomes, Consulted On and Now Final
The Pensions Regulator consulted on a new five-year strategy in May 2026 and published the final version on 14 July. The six outcomes, and what they mean for public service members.
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WASPI Judicial Review 2026: What Public Sector Pension Members Need to Know
WASPI filed a fresh judicial review on 13 May 2026 against the DWP’s no-compensation decision. What it means for women with NHS, LGPS, Teachers’ or CSPS pensions.
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Teachers’ Pension Scheme: Capita-to-TCS administrator handover confirmed for 1 November 2026
Teachers’ Pension Scheme administration moved from Capita to Tata Consultancy Services on 1 November 2026, after a pause in services from 6pm on 21 October. What it means for active and retired teachers, and what…
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Matthews remedy for retained firefighters: the 1 June 2026 notification deadline explained
FPS Bulletin 104 confirms a 1 June 2026 deadline for local pension authorities to notify eligible retained firefighters of a new statutory route to buy back service. What the route does, who qualifies, and what…
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The Pensions Regulator’s 2026 Annual Funding Statement: what ‘endgame planning’ means for DB members
TPR’s 2026 Annual Funding Statement reports 90% of DB schemes in surplus and shifts the regulator’s tone from deficit recovery to endgame planning. Here’s what run-on, buy-out, and superfund routes actually mean if you are…
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Five things that changed in your LGPS pension on 1 April 2026
Five member-facing LGPS changes (England and Wales) came into force on 1 April 2026. Family-leave pension build-up, equalised survivor pensions, and backdated death grants explained, with worked examples.
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NHS pension contributions 2026/27: the new six-tier table explained
From 1 April 2026 the NHS Pension Scheme uses a six-tier contribution structure with rates from 5.2% to 12.5%. The threshold-vs-rate distinction most coverage misses, with worked examples.