News
Category: policy and strategy
Changes to when your members can take their deferred benefit
Last year we let you know about a change to the Local Government Pension Scheme rules, if your members left with a deferred benefit before 1 April 1998. We told you that the rules had been changed to allow them to take their benefit at the age of 55 (rather than 60)...
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Changes to survivor benefits for same sex spouses and civil partners
There’s been a change to the scheme rules so that survivor benefits payable to a same sex spouse or a civil partner are equal to those paid to the widow of a male member. The change is backdated to the date the civil partnerships and same sex marriages were introduced...
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Local Government Pension Scheme: New Fair Deal Consultation
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme. These changes seek to introduce new regulations protecting the pension’s position of staff who are compulsorily...
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Policy Consultation: Technical amendments to Funding Strategy Statement
Following changes to the LGPS regulations, earlier this year, we have reviewed the Funding Strategy Statements for both the Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Pension Funds. This consultation seeks views on proposed amendments to these documents. The Funding Strategy...
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The GDPR and our service
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a set of European Union regulations which came into force on 25 May 2018. It changed how organisations process and handle data, with the ultimate aim of giving greater protection and rights to individuals, including our...
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Access our administration strategy for 2017 (and give us your input)
We have recently reviewed our administration strategy and are now offering this document to you for consultation. The revised strategy has been reviewed by the local pension board and pension fund committees, and approved for consultation. The...
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