Annual Benefit Illustrations (ABI) are sent to your home address at the end of August. View further information about Annual Benefit Illustrations.
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, 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