Guides and Factsheets

Thinking about joining or rejoining the scheme? The Brief Guide to Your Pension provides basic information on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). See the Full Scheme Guide (Version 4.0 - April 2018) for further information.

Re-Joining the LGPS

What happens if I re-join the LGPS?

These information leaflets have been provided to give you the information you need to understand about what happens to your LGPS benefits, and the choices available to you, if:

     a) you have left one employment and re-joined the LGPS in another employment; or

     b) you have had more than one job in which you are a member of the LGPS and have left one of those employments whilst continuing in the other.

There are different scenarios that may apply depending on previous service and other factors. Our correspondence will advise you of the information from this website that you should review, and you should choose the relevant document below.

The Councillor Full Scheme Guide provides basic information on the LGPS specifically for Councillors  

In the event of your death a survivors pension may be payable to a co-habiting partner, subject to certain conditions.

A survivor’s pension will only be paid to a co-habiting partner if the co-habiting partner satisfies the required conditions that have been met for a continuous period of at least 2 years immediately prior to the member’s death.

• both the member and their co-habiting partner were free to marry each other or to enter into a civil partnership with each other, and
• the member and their co-habiting partner have been living together as if they were husband and wife, or civil partners, and
• neither the member or their co-habiting partner have been living with someone else as if they were husband and wife or civil partners, and
• either the co-habiting partner is financially dependent on the member or they are financially interdependent on each other.

Changing jobs or opting out of the Scheme?  The Leaving the LGPS Guide provides information for members who are about to leave the LGPS.

About to retire? The Information for New Pensioners guide is a guide to the payment of your benefits on leaving the Scheme.

LPP produce a number of Factsheets which provide specific details about certain areas and benefits of the LGPS. Please note these factsheets apply to the 2008 Scheme.

• Benefits Factsheet
• Leave without pay Factsheet
• Flexible Retirement Factsheet 
• Transfer In Factsheet
• Change Of Hours Factsheet 
• Part time workers Factsheet
• Life Cover Factsheet
• Re-employment Factsheet
• Pension Sharing Factsheet 

LGPS 2014 leaflets

These leaflets are designed to highlight the changes to the LGPS effective from 1 April 2014. 

• The LGPS is changing from 1 April 2014
• When can I take my pension?
• How is my pension calculated?
• Contributions and flexibility to pay more or less
• Myth busters
• Paying into the LGPS before April 2014?
• State retirement age
• FAQ Factsheet
• Protections
• Pension Freedom and Choice Leaflet
• Aggregation Leaflet

Public Sector Letter

Public Sector Factsheet 

Q&A for LGPS members