Guides and Factsheets
Are you thinking about joining the LGPS and need to know more information? Or are you just curious to find out more about your pension? Our helpful guides and factsheets can help.
Joining or rejoining the scheme? - A Brief Guide to Your Pension
Thinking about joining or rejoining the scheme? Our Brief Guide to Your Pension provides basic information on the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). See the Full Scheme Guide (Version 1.8 - May 2015) for further information.
Are you a Councillor? - A Brief Guide to Your Pension
Survivors Pension for a Cohabiting Partner
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.
The required conditions are:
- 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.
Leaving the Scheme? Leaving the LGPS Guide
Changing jobs or opting out of the Scheme? The Leaving the LGPS Guide provides information for members who are about to leave the LGPS.
This guide is currently being updated and will be posted once complete.
About to retire? - Information for New Pensioners
About to retire? The Information for New Pensioners guide is a guide to the payment of your benefits on leaving the Scheme.
If you send in your certificates by registered post or recorded delivery they will be returned to you via the same method.
Should you feel uneasy about sending in your Original Certificates through the mail, please feel free to visit our office with no appointment necessary where your certificates will be registered and returned to you.
Factsheets
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.
LGPS 2014 leaflets
These leaflets are designed to highlight the changes to the LGPS effective from 1 April 2014.
End of Contracting out - National Insurance
