The latest news on plans for reforming the Local Government Pension Scheme

15th April 2013:  A statutory consultation document on proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme for COUNCILLORS has also been published by DCLG.  You can download the document here:

Consultation on tax-payer funded pensions for councillors and other elected local office holders April 2013 (PDF document, 93.6KB)


28th March 2013:  The DCLG have today issued a second period of statutory consultation on the new Local Government Pension Scheme which will come into effect from 1st April 2014 and will cover draft regulations on membership.  A link to the Government's web page, which contains the draft regulations in full, is available here:

21st December 2012:  The DCLG have today issued statutory consultation on the draft Regulations.  We have produced a short leaflet covering the main issues, which you can download here:  

The link to the full document is available here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-pension-scheme-2014-draft-regulations-on-membership-contributions-and-benefits

31st May 2012:  The Local Government Association (LGA) and trade unions have today announced the outcome of their negotiations on new LGPS proposals (for England and Wales) to take effect from 1st April 2014.

Please see the linked documents below for details.

Joint Statement

Examples of benefits under these proposals will follow shortly

30th January 2012:  Following the acceptance by government of a principles document submitted by the Local Government Association, UNISON and GMB on how to take forward the reform of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales, a project has been set up to reach agreement on the elements of the new scheme together with the management and governance of the scheme going forward.

Here you can view the documents relating to the project together with regular updates on progress:

12th January 2012:  Question & Answers on reform of the LGPS.

The Local Government Employers organisation has issued a Question & Answers document which attempts to answer some of the questions which have been raised about the agreement reached between the employers, trades unions and the government in December 2011 on reform of the Local Government Pension Scheme.  You can download this document here:  http://www.lge.gov.uk/lge/aio/15281291

2nd November 2011:  The Government have made further proposals regarding public sector pension reform.  To see a copy of the report issued by HM Treasury, you can download a link to the full document here:  HM Treasury Report on Public Sector Pensions 'Good Pensions that Last' November 2011


28th October 2011:  DCLG have issued a consultation paper on proposed changes to the LGPS. The Local Government Pension Committee (LGPC) has prepared two leaflets on the proposed changes. One is a short leaflet explaining that, whilst changes to the LGPS are being proposed, nothing has been decided yet.  The second is a longer leaflet explaining the proposed changes in more detail, whilst reiterating that these are proposals at this stage and that the scheme is still a valuable part of employees' remuneration package.

The documents are available here:

Longer LGPC leaflet about the proposed changes to the LGPS (Word document, 433KB)


20th October 2011:  A short summary of the DCLG Consultation paper has been prepared by the Pension Section and can be downloaded here: Summary of 7th October CLG Consultation Paper (Word document, 63.5KB)


7th October 2011:  The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published a consultation paper on proposed increases to employee contribution rates and changes to scheme accrual rates, effective from 1st April 2012.  You can download a link to the paper here: CLG Consultation Paper 7th October 2011

23rd September 2011:  The Local Government Employers Group have written to Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with their proposals to secure short term savings equivalent to a 3.2% increase in employee pension contribution rates.  You can download a link to the letter here: Letter to Eric Pickles MP 21st September 2011


19th July 2011:  A written Ministerial Statement came from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP.  You can download a link to the statement here:  Public Service Pensions Update


June 2011:  Speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP to the Institute for Public Policy Research on 17th June 2011.  You can download a link to the speech here:  Speech by Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP regarding the Government's position on Public Sector pensions 17th June 2011.


March 2011:  The Independent Public Sector Pensions Commission report was published by Lord Hutton on 10th March 2011.  You can download a copy of the report here: Independent Public Sector Pensions Commission Final Report (PDF 2.63MB)