This area is for members who are currently paying in to the LGPS. It is also for new employees who are automatically brought into the scheme. Find out what a pension is.
The government pay your State pension in addition to your LGPS pension. Find out about the State pension on the GOV.UK website.
The Elmes v Essex judgement changed legislation regarding cohabiting partners of members who died before April 2014.
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About the LGPS
Information about the scheme, including key features and the type of pension scheme that the LGPS is.
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Changes during membership
Includes reduction in pay, absence from work, divorce or dissolution, change of address and change of personal details
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Death in service
Information about how your loved ones are provided for if you die whilst paying into the LGPS, including spouse, eligible cohabiting partner and children.
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Forms
Includes expression of wish, change of address, and change of personal details
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Guides and factsheets
Includes Qs and As of retirement and A brief guide to the LGPS
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Help and complaints
Who to contact for help and the process involved in raising a complaint. Includes information about how to trace previous pension rights
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Increasing benefits
Includes Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs), Additional Pension Contributions (APCs), limits on how much can be paid to increase benefits
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Leaving before retirement
Includes opting out, resigning, paying extra
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Membership and contributions
Includes contributions, 50/50 section, transferring pension, Annual Benefit Illustration (ABI)
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Retirement and taking your pension
Information for when you take your pension, including calculating pension benefits, early retirement and converting pension benefits
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Tax controls and pensions
Includes Annual Allowance, Lifetime Allowance, Annual Allowance quick check tool