This area is for scheme members who are currently paying in to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), including new employees who are automatically brought into the Scheme.
View further information about What is a pension? and Joining the LGPS and Automatic Enrolment.
The State pension is paid in addition to your LGPS pension. You can find information about your State pension at GOV.UK.
The Elmes v Essex judgement changed legislation regarding cohabiting partners of members who died before April 2014.
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About the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
Includes cost, automatic enrolment and re-enrolment and information about the type of 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 & children
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Forms
Includes enquiry form, Expression of wish, change of address, notification of a death, change of personal details
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Guides and factsheets
Includes Qs and As of retirement, A brief guide to the LGPS, What if I leave before retirement
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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, converting pension benefits, Qs and As of retirement
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Tax controls and pensions
Includes Annual Allowance, Lifetime Allowance, Annual Allowance quick check tool