12/3/2025 5:31:28 PM Pensions and inheritance tax: What the 2027 changes mean for you By Lucy Bluck From April 2027, the UK Government will introduce a significant overhaul of inheritance tax (IHT) rules relating to pensions. Currently,...
11/28/2025 2:34:47 PM Autumn Budget 2025: What the pension salary sacrifice cap means for employers By Doug Mullen The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget has delivered a big change for salary sacrifice pension contributions - and it’s one employers can’t...
11/17/2025 9:12:02 AM What local government reorganisation means for the local government pension scheme By Doug Mullen Local government reorganisation (LGR) is gathering pace, and for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), it means one thing:...
10/23/2025 4:18:37 PM Employment Rights Bill - Update #12: consultation on trade union access and union information to staff By Libby Hubbard Half term approaches and the Government has given us some reading material as we hunker down to the dark nights of autumn/winter 2025. ...
10/9/2025 5:45:45 PM Councillors to re-gain access to Local Government Pension Scheme By Doug Mullen The decision to reinstate access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for councillors in England marks a significant policy...
10/3/2025 2:07:11 PM From consultation to action - are you qualified to serve? Preparing for the 2026 Social Housing Competence and Conduct Standard By Katherine Sinclair On 30 September 2025, the Government published its response to the consultation on the Competence and Conduct Standard for Social...
9/1/2025 3:09:25 PM LGPS: SAB calls for ban on incentives for employees to leave By Doug Mullen The Scheme Advisory Board (SAB) for the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has recommended that the Government change the law to...
5/19/2025 8:27:58 AM The Pensions Trust to offer collective defined contribution pension schemes By Doug Mullen TPT Retirement Solutions, which runs the Social Housing Pension Scheme, has announced plans to launch the UK's first multi-employer...
5/19/2025 8:22:38 AM Is overheard 'banter' harassment? By Michael Brownlee Libby Hubbard Over the recent weeks, there have been concerns raised about the reintroduction of employer liability for third-party harassment of...
4/11/2025 3:08:04 PM Less than half of employers are offsetting National Insurance costs with salary sacrifice By Lauren Broderick As of 6 April, the rise in National Insurance contributions (NICs) has taken effect, meaning businesses are likely to feel a strain on...
4/2/2025 8:44:14 AM Local Government Pension Scheme: changes for a new year By Doug Mullen For the Local Government Pension Scheme, the new year starts not on 1 January but on 1 April and with the start of a new scheme year,...
2/13/2025 5:10:08 PM Higgs v Farmor's School - proportionate responses and protected beliefs By Libby Hubbard The case of Kirstie Higgs and her previous employer, Farmor's School, has finally been decided by the Court of Appeal. Her dismissal was...