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The DfE has provided welcome clarity on what approvals are needed when an academy enters into an agreement with a contractor to share the...

With local authority finances under significant pressure and no sign of more money in the event of a change of government, creative ways...

A council tax and recovery team leader has admitted to de-frauding Aberdeen City Council of over £1 million over a period of 17 years.  ...

The annual change to the contributions bands for employees in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has been announced.   Employers...

Termination and re-engagement on new terms, or ‘fire and re-hire’, has been around for a long time but really only entered the public...

With the three-yearly funding valuation of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) now complete, the headline is that many of the 86...

A recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case has highlighted the perils of rushing through a redundancy process in order to avoid the...

The idea that local government pension scheme (LGPS) funds could or should invest in local (rather than overseas) assets or...

Most employers will now have received their results from the local government pension scheme's three-yearly valuation. For many, a...

We're delighted that Anthony Collins Solicitors has been appointed to the National Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Legal Services...

A decision of the Pensions Ombudsman confirmed that an employer should have proactively considered an employee for ill health retirement...

The results are starting to come through for the employers in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) and the picture is likely to be...