Pensions Awareness Week – Budget For Later Life
Later Life Ambitions highlights priorities for a more secure retirement. As part of Pensions Awareness Week, Later Life Ambitions (LLA) is highlighting its Budget for Later Life, setting out eight key priorities aimed at improving the lives of people in retirement and those approaching later life. NARPO is proud to be part of Later Life […]
Expected State Pension Rise Welcome, But Older People Need Wider Support
LONDON, 15 SEPTEMBER 2026 Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has welcomed indications that the State Pension could rise by up to £488 next April, while warning that financial security in later life depends on more than the headline pension rate. New wage figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest that the triple lock could increase […]
Confidential Mental Health Crisis Line
Confidential Mental Health Crisis Line now extended to those who have left policing The independent and confidential Mental Health Crisis Line has now been extended to those who no longer work in policing – no matter what role they were in, when they left, or the reason why. Available 24/7, the Crisis Line can be […]
Wellfest 2026
Open to NARPO Members from Devon & Cornwall and Dorset Police We are delighted to be able to share this free online festival with all UK emergency service workers and even our police colleagues outside the UK so if you are receiving this and have other colleagues you can forward it on to please do […]
NARPO attends 5th Anniversary Ceremony of Remembrance at the UK Police Memorial
NARPO President Richard Critchley and CEO Alan Lees were honoured to attend the 5th Anniversary Ceremony of Remembrance at the UK Police Memorial, joining bereaved families, policing colleagues and representatives from across the police service to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. Marking five years since the Memorial was […]
McCloud and Sargeant -pre-2015 public service pension schemes
Following the Supreme Court’s refusal of the government’s application for permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice v McCloud and Secretary of State for the Home Department v Sargeant [2018] EWCA Civ 2844, a provisional hearing was listed at the Employment Tribunal for 18 December 2019 […]
Orgreave Inquiry
On the 26th March 2026 the Orgreave Inquiry officially launched as an independent statutory public inquiry to establish a fuller understanding of the events at Orgreave Coking Plant on 18 June 1984 and the subsequent prosecutions. As part of the launch, the Inquiry is inviting anyone with relevant information to come forward and contribute. The […]
LLA welcomes Independent Age report on Council Tax Reduction
Later Life Ambitions welcomes Independent Age’s new report, Missing out on millions, which highlights the scale of Council Tax Reduction going unclaimed by older people on low incomes. The report finds that only half of people over State Pension age in England who are entitled to Council Tax Reduction are receiving it. It estimates that […]
LLA: Scrapping Triple Lock Risks Pensioner Poverty, Warn Campaigners
LONDON, 10 JUNE 2026 – Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has warned that scrapping the State Pension triple lock would risk pushing more older people into hardship unless a credible replacement is put in place to protect pensioners from falling behind on the cost of living. The warning follows calls from the Resolution Foundation to replace the […]
LLA Update: GOVERNMENT RIGHT TO RETHINK FACE-TO-FACE BANKING, SAY CAMPAIGNERS
Please see below for the latest update from Later Life Ambitions GOVERNMENT RIGHT TO RETHINK FACE-TO-FACE BANKING, SAY CAMPAIGNERS Later Life Ambitions (LLA) has welcomed the Government’s decision to review access to face-to-face banking services. The group has long warned that bank branch closures and the rapid shift to digital services are leaving too many […]
