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Our office will be closed from 12pm on Wednesday 24th December until Friday 2nd January 2025, phone lines will re-open at the usual time of 8.30am.
Please give us time to process your retirement leavers and requests for information before we break for the festive season.
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A polite reminder from September’s edition, as part of our preparations for the Pensions Dashboard, we have been reviewing our records and identified a number of casual records that have not received any claims.
To ensure data accuracy we will be deleting any records that started before 31 March 2025 and have not yet received any contributions. Moving forward we will be asking employers only to inform us of casual starters once they have first made their first claim, and opted into the scheme.
On 13 October 2025, MHCLG launched a consultation on changes to the LGPS in England and Wales. The proposals relate to access to the Scheme and its benefits and cover four main areas:
- normal minimum pension age (NMPA)
- pension access for mayors and councillors
- academies in the LGPS
- new Fair Deal.
The Government published draft regulations for comment covering new Fair Deal and pension access for mayors and councillors alongside the consultation. Draft regulations covering NMPA and academies will be published for consultation later in 2025. You can read the consultation document and access the draft regulations on the LGPS: Scheme improvements (access and protections) consultation page of the GOV.uk website
We are starting to work on next years training schedule for employer sessions so we will confirm what we have planned in the new year. If you would like to suggest a topic for future sessions please complete this form.
We have received some old versions of this form so please can we ask that you do not save copies of the HR Authorisation form but download the latest version on our website for each case. |
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Keep us updated with any changes in staff responsible for completing our forms (authorised signatories). This can be done by completing our online form.
Payment of Pension Fund Contributions - please remember to inform us and the relevant Finance team each time you have paid your pension scheme contributions, by filling in the Monthly Contributions Form.
If you are changing your Payroll Provider, please contact the Employer & Communications Team so that we can help you through the process and make sure you retain access to historical payroll information.
TUPEs & New Academies - Please do not complete the leaver spreadsheet if members are leaving your employment and transferring to another employer under TUPE. Follow the process outlined on our website instead.
Useful Links
Peninsula Pensions Employers' Pages
LGPS regulations and guidance
Fund Investments
LGPS National Website
Previous editions of Pensions Line
Employer Meetings and Focus Sessions
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