Election Toolkit from CSPA
How you can make a difference – CSPA While we don’t know when it will happen (the best bet is in the Autumn) we do know that 2024 will be an election year. Whether that will result in a change of government is yet to be seen, but what an election does do is give […]
Incorporation Update
Update 26th June We have received confirmation of the VAT registration for the limited company Following a meeting on 25th June of the Incorporation Group, which is progressing Incorporation on behalf of the NEC/Directors, the decision was made that incorporation will take place at 00.01 Monday 1st July and that the Unincorporated Association will be […]
Pensioners Manifesto Launch
On 21 November 2023, Later Life Ambitions held an event to launch Standing by Pensions: A manifesto for later life. The manifesto represents the culmination of months of work by NARPO alongside partners the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance (CSPA) and the National Federation of Occupational Pensioners (NFOP). All three organisations work together under the Later […]
Police Mutual Update
Please find below update from Kerry McMahon-White Head of Police Mutual As one of our key strategic partners, I would like to share an important update with you about the next phase of growth and development for Police Mutual. By way of background, in 2020 Police Mutual Assurance Society (PMAS) became part of the Royal […]
LLA End of Year Summary
After 2022’s “Year of the Three Prime Ministers,” 2023 has seen politics settle down into more familiar patterns. That’s not to say things have been easy, with the cost-of-living crisis making things tough for many. Later Life Ambitions’ commitment to the 250,000 older people who make up our three partner organisations has been unwavering throughout. […]
CPI increase and Police Pensions
September 2023 The ONS published the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2023 and this stands at 6.7%. Full details can be found on the ONS website Public service pensions in payment are increased each April in line with prices, measured according to the annual increase in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) to September of […]
New guidance on the McCloud public service pensions remedy
HMRC has published two sets of new guidance on the McCloud public service pensions remedy, one for scheme administrators and one for members. The new guidance has been published as part of the McCloud remedy regulations that came into force on 1 October 2023 across the public service pension schemes. The McCloud remedy for members […]
Police Covenant
Update 25th May 2023 Police Covenant Annual Report has been published and within it there are three new Priorities for 2023/24 which have been agreed by the Oversight Board: • Identify and implement a package of measures for individuals who have left the police workforce; • Scope the current support in place in relation to […]
Data protection claims against PFEW
In March 2019, the Police Federation (PFEW) was subject to a Cyber Attack and emails were circulated by NARPO to Branches on behalf of the PFEW. There was also information circulated on the NARPO website Police Federation of England and Wales Malware Attack Following a High Court case on 13th March 2023, please see the […]
GMP Equalisation
When the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS) was introduced in April 1978, it was possible to contract-out of it into an occupational pension scheme. A condition of it being used to contract-out was that the scheme provided a defined benefit (known as a GMP). The requirement to provide a GMP was removed from April 1997 […]