Civil Service Pensions to rise by 3.8% from April 2026
Civil Service Pensions are due to rise by 3.8% from 6 April next year (2026), following ONS announcement of the September increase in the Consumers Prices Index (CPI) on October […]
Capita fine update
As you may have seen in the news, Capita recently received a rather substantial fine following a data breach which occurred back in March 2023. We understand that these reports, quite rightly, are causing […]
Civil Service Pension increase announced
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, confirmed on the 11th February that the increase to be applied to Civil Service pensions from 7th April 2025 is to be 1.7%. The […]
How inheritence tax changes may affect the Civil Service Pension scheme.
We are all working out how we are going to be affected by the things in the Budget. One of the measures was bringing death benefits into the scope of […]
Civil Service Pensions to rise by 1.7%
Civil Service Pensions will rise by only 1.7% from 7 April next year, following today`s ONS announcement of the September increase in the Consumers Prices Index (CPI). This will be […]
Civil Service Pensions to rise by 6.7% from 8 April
The Government has now confirmed that Civil Service pensions will rise by 6.7% from 8 April 2024. The pension increase is in line with the annual increase in the Consumer […]
‘Stealth tax’ will hit 900,000 pensioners from April
The Daily Telegraph reported this week that an additional 900,000 pensioners will start paying tax on part of their State Pension for the first time from April, because of the […]
Civil Service Pension Scheme – new administrator from December 2025
The Cabinet Office Pensions team has confirmed to CSPA that Capita Business Services Ltd (Capita) have been awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme, from December 2025, […]
CSPA challenges ‘media myths’ about Civil Service pensions
CSPA has responded to recent stories in the press about “gold-plated” Civil Service pensions as media myths. Articles have appeared in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail, highlighting the pensions […]
Pension increase – your questions answered
Following last week’s Autumn statement we received a number of questions from members to focused mainly on personal tax thresholds, the impact for those on the old vs new pension […]