Parliamentary Update: Connect
The House of Commons held a first sitting of the Pensions Scheme Bill: Mark Garnier (Con, Wyre Forest) raised ethical concerns about how DB pension surpluses might be used by employers, questioning trustees’ role in […]
Gender Pay Gap
The TUC recently marked ‘Gender Pension Gap Day’ on 21 August. This was the date that an average retired woman would run out of pension income, if she was receiving […]
Pensions around the worold – who are the top scorers?
Rather listen? Simply hit the play button and listen to the article in full https://members.cspa.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Pensioner-Summer-2025-11-Pensions.mp3 For a long time, UK governments have focused on British pensioners relying on occupational pensions […]
Think tank report what may be ahead for future Pensioners.
Researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) published a major report on July 2nd, to improve the situation for future pensioners in the longterm. Always conscious of cost some […]
State Pension increase announced
On Tuesday 5th February, Minister for Social Security and Disability, Sir Stephen Timms MP (Lab, East Ham), delivered a statement on the draft Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025, which were approved. Related […]
WASPI Women feel betrayed
WASPI Women ‘feel betrayed’ by the Government decision not to compensate Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall MP has today announced that no compensation will be paid […]
Pension Age increase and proposed LGPS reforms
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has launched a consultation regarding proposed reforms to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). The purpose of this consultation is to gather feedback on measures […]
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 […]
Old and new pensions compared
The UK state pension is a benefit that plays a key part in retirement income for UK pensioners. Take-up is practically universal. At the moment, two systems are running concurrently […]
Taylor Swift Era’s Tour return to Britain ‘will boost economy and pensions’
Read original article in full She’s such a huge star that she moves the economy – and pensioners should be grateful. Pensioners may not be Taylor Swift’s target audience, but […]