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The LGPS has money for a pro-tem solution to funding social care.
There is a lot that a Commission can do as a “think-tank” and the Social Care Commission is a supercharged think-tank which can be highly influential. But right now the crisis in the social care sector has been brought about … Continue reading
We may criticise our pension investment but we can be thankful we aren’t in German Dentist Pensions
The Germans sound as if they have got themselves into a mess with their pension investments. We can hardly crow (we lost up to a third of the capital in our DB plans in the autumn of 2022) but this … Continue reading
Pensions don’t lead to inheritance tax for anyone – it’s the pots that are the problem
There are now four ways of avoiding inheritance tax with your pension pot (s) you’ve saved over your work career If you are within a year of joining a public service* pension you can swap your pot for pension based … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, CDC, Collectivve Pension, DB, IHT, inheritance tax, LGPS, Pensions, Policy, public sector, Tax
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It’s estimated that nearly £1 in every £4 of council tax goes into the Local Government Pension Fund
Patrick Tooher wrote a month ago this article Burnham urged to tap up £150bn council pension surplus to boost local economies The £550 billion Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for England and Wales is awash with cash, meaning it has more … Continue reading
LGPS, it’s Conference and a new set of delegates for Pensions UK
I know it’s not a story to anyone , but this week , for a few years, I will not be reporting on the Pensions UK LGPS Conference. I guess I would have gone if I’d had a press pass … Continue reading
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Tagged Green, Inside, LGPS, Outside, Pensions, Pensions UK, reform
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Andy Burnham has a pension problem in Makerfield- with the LGPS
John M Clancy, a truculent actuary acting on behalf of council tax payers has unturned surplus funds to pay Manchester, Wigan and most particularly Makerfield council workers- their pensions. Is this a blunder or a feature of the Local … Continue reading
What Reform UK could do to women’s pensions
A Pension Time-Bomb if you’re the wrong side of the pension gender gap I have published details of the work that Prospect Union have done and are doing to narrow the pensions gap. I am pleased that I can follow … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Advisor, Emma Simon, LGPS, Neil Walsh, Pension gender gap, Prospect Union
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“Is LGPS over-exposed to dodgy private credit?” – asks Naomi Rovnick
Thanks to Naomi Rovnick for making this excellent article available. You can find the original on this link. Before reading the summary and article below, here’s Naomi’s explanation of what’s important to ordinary readers UK council pension schemes – … Continue reading
How will pensions be affected by the local elections?
Local politics and LGPS I don’t think we have had time to think of the impact of new councils on old pensions but I’d expect this event to be interesting I won’t be going this year, my media pass has … Continue reading
Union plans for LGPS, a counter from a council tax paying reader!
I am hoping to be balanced with regards the LGPS. I support this pension scheme being a beacon to which other schemes (including CDC pension Schemes) can reach. I support Prospect who I was with yesterday and whose Conference I … Continue reading →
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