Tag Archives: Union

Teacher’s pay rise partially funded by a drop in pension payments into LGPS

Posted on September 20, 2026 by henry tapper

The money that they’d had to find under the original offer is now fully funded by the Government out of money they would have paid into LGPS. Support staff in schools are in the LGPS. Continue reading →

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Union plans for LGPS, a counter from a council tax paying reader!

Posted on May 29, 2026 by henry tapper

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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Union’s problems with “pension pots” can be solved by employers “listening to their people”- Torsten Bell

Posted on May 1, 2026 by henry tapper

  I asked a question of the Pensions Minister yesterday. I had been asked to ask it by the Finance Director of a large employer (more than 20,000 staff) with most in a DC workplace pension. He told me that … Continue reading →

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Prospect – a great union moving pensions forward

Posted on October 29, 2023 by henry tapper

  If there’s one union that can be relied on for information about pensions, it’s Prospect. As part of its DB inquiry, the @CommonsWorkPen has asked the PPF to update its analysis of providing indexation in respect of pension accrued … Continue reading →

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Should we jock the Jocks?

Posted on May 14, 2013 by henry tapper

A huge thankyou to Susan Mcdonald for making this happen. Good on you Edinburgh- even if you have the climate of Reykjavik.
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