Tag Archives: Local Government
Pension committees “stay alert”!
Alarm bells rang when I read Stephanie Hawthorne’s report on the reaction of some Pension Schemes to the challenges of the current pandemic ‘Lockdown spikes fears of democratic deficit in LGPS’ A survey of 83 local authorities conducted … Continue reading
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Tagged ft, Jeff Houston, LGPS, Local Government, Pension Age, pensions, Stephanie Hawthorne
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Schools staring into a pension “abyss”
Contrary to indications that the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) employer contributions for 2019-20 would be set at 19.1%, schools have now been told that the figure from September 2019 will be 23.6%. The Teachers Pension Scheme, along with all … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, pensions
Tagged GAD, HMT, Local Government, pensions, schools, Teachers, Teachers Pension Scheme, TPS, Treasury, USS
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Government Pensions? Who’s money is it anyway?
The vast majority of the money outstanding to those who work and have worked for Government is to be paid as pension. The Government’s pension debts – for its own people – have been estimated in the Whole of Government … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonds, equities, gilts, Government, House, Infrastructure, LGPS, Local Government, NEST, our money, ppf
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Keeping pensions “in balance”.
Occasionally an article I publish on here hits a raw nerve and a missive is sent to someone at my company naming me and trying to shame me. Thankfully, my company is familiar with how social media and accepts that staff who care, have … Continue reading
LGPS 2014 reforms will work – sort of – claims Pension Play Pen Lunch
In two words “sort of”. The Pension Play Pen lunch consisting of Henry Tapper, David Taylor, Simon Kew, Derek Benstead and Mark Scantlebury came to the following conclusions. That Hutton’s original recommendation that reforms should be based on a targeted income for Local … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Employment, GMB, Hutton, Hutton Inquiry, LGP, Local Government, Local Government Association, pension
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