This document gives an overview of the decisions affecting pensions in the 2012 Budget.

There will be a 5.2 per cent increase in teachers’ pensions from 9 April 2012 with a proportionate increase for teachers who retired part-way through the year.

This 5.2 increase is linked to CPI inflation rather than the 5.6 per cent had the RPI link been maintained.

This update sets out pensions news on a variety of issues, including employee contribution rate rises, Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) negotiations, and the pension increase for 2012-13.

The Pensions Act 2011 accelerates increases in the state pension age. The state pension age for women will reach 65 by November 2018 and the state pension age for men and women will reach 66 by October 2020. The document shows state pension ages for those in the transition period.

This is the NUT response to the DWP Green Paper ‘A state pension for the 21st century’, which seeks views on simplification of the state pension system and increasing the state pension age.

There will be a 3.1 per cent increase in teachers' pensions from April 2011.

Members who retired part-way through the year will receive a proportionate increase.

The Government have switched the indexation method used to increase pensions from the RPI to the CPI. This document explains how the decision will affect the pensions of retired teachers and those yet to retire.

There will be a 0 per cent increase in teachers’ pensions in April 2010.

This model letter is designed to help members who will lose out from the abolition of the 10 per cent income tax band from April 2008, and their representatives, to lobby MPs.

Retiring from teaching? I have good news for you. Just because you are retiring from the profession, it does not mean that you have also to retire from the NUT.

This is the letter and explanatory notes issued by Teachers’ Pensions and the Department of Children, Schools and Families to retired teachers in the second wave affected by the overpayment of pensi

This document shows the increases in the state pension age between 2010 and 2020 for women. It also includes the Department for Work and Pensions timetable for contacting the women affected, who were born between 6th April 1950 and 5th April 1955.

This is a guidance document intended for use by members and division/association officials. The first section covers the background to the pension overpayment problem. The second section looks at how pensions are recalculated, and how to interpret letters received from Teachers’ Pensions.

This is a guidance document intended for use by members and division/association officials. The first section covers the background to the pension overpayment problem.

This is a four-page campaign document for Division and Associations to use in membership newsletters or as handouts to members in support of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. Download the document below.