Civil Service Pensions Taskforce update #17
From Richard Vianello, Director, Civil Service Pensions17 September 2026 Last week, the Cabinet Office Parliamentary Secretary (Sally Jameson) issued a Written Ministerial Statement about the Civil Service Pension Scheme, this […]
Civil Service Pensions Taskforce update #16
From Richard Vianello, Director, Civil Service Pensions 3 September 2026 As I mentioned in my last update, we continue to support Capita with some of the more complex quotes. Capita has now shared details of 50 of the oldest bereavement cases that are over 150 days old for the DWP surge team […]
Civil Service Pensions Taskforce update #15
From Richard Vianello, Director, Civil Service Pensions 20 August 2026 We are already supporting Capita with some of the more complex quotes, but have asked Capita to share details of […]
Civil Service Pensions Taskforce update #13
The latest Taskforce update from Richard Vianello, Director of Civil Service Pensions, provides an overview of ongoing efforts to address the significant service issues affecting Civil Service Pension Scheme members. […]
Civil Service Pensions Taskforce Update #11: Some Progress but Significant Concerns Remain
The latest update from Angela MacDonald, Second Permanent Secretary at HMRC, outlines progress in the Civil Service Pensions recovery programme, with thousands of outstanding retirement quotation and payment cases now […]
Pensions and financial security: Key updates from Westminster
Recent parliamentary questions and media reports have highlighted several issues of interest to pensioners, including pension reform, taxation, fraud prevention, banking accessibility, and the administration of pension benefits. State Pension […]
Pensioners paying the price of freeze
Frozen income tax thresholds are having a growing impact on UK pensioners, dragging millions into the tax system through “fiscal drag”. Although tax rates themselves have not risen, the personal […]
Millions of Britons Not Saving Enough for Retirement
At least 15 million people across the UK are not saving enough for retirement, according to a new interim report from the Pensions Commission, which warns of a growing financial […]
Council pensions to be processed by US crypto firm
Former council employees are set to receive their pension payments through a US-based cryptocurrency firm, following the acquisition of one of the UK’s largest retirement services providers. Bullish, a crypto […]
Frozen tax thresholds: Unfairly dragging pensioners into tax
The number of pensioners paying income tax rose more than a million in a year, with at least 22 per cent of taxpayers now being over state pension age. HM […]