Underpayment of Police Pension
If you have been underpaid in your Pension and the Pension Authority is repaying you the monies owed, you are entitled to interest payable on said repayment. If the Pension Authority do not include interest as part of the repayment to you, you should immediately request that interest is paid on the amount. If that […]
Widows Pension for Life Update – December 2019
We have been working hard with our solicitors since the last update and we have now gathered information from those widows, widowers, and families of those who have been affected by this Regulation and we have identified several lead claimants who now form the basis of the claim. Statements have been obtained from those lead […]
i-PROGNOSIS, Early Parkinsons Detection Research Project
Many people live with chronic conditions as they age. We can remain independent and sustain our quality of life for longer if those diseases are detected early enough and treated adequately. The European Horizon 2020 research project, titled i-PROGNOSIS, aims to collect data from a wide participant group including healthy volunteers and patients with Parkinson’s […]
Later Life Ambitions launch General Election Toolkit
Later Life Ambitions brings together the collective voices of over a quarter of a million pensioners through the National Federation of Occupational Pensioners, the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance, and us the National Association of Retired Police Officers. As a collective, we have ambitious aspirations for the next generation of pensioners. From fair pensions to safe […]
Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019
Provisions are made to allow two individuals who are not of the same sex to form a civil partnership in England and Wales. This instrument provides in the main for an opposite-sex couple who form a civil partnership to be treated in law in the same way as a same sex couple who are in […]
September CPI Published
The ONS have now published the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2020 and this stands at 0.5% Full details can be found on the ONS website
Pensions for Life Campaign Update
The NARPO National Executive Committee recently agreed that we should take legal advice to ascertain if there was a claim in law to challenge the archaic Regulation surrounding this matter. As a result, we have consulted with solicitors and a leading Human Rights Barrister who is of the opinion that we have a sound case […]
Letters confirm UK State Pension uprating to continue for three years after Brexit for EU Residents
More than 363,000 pensioners living in the EU are to receive letters from the government reassuring them their UK State Pension will continue to be paid when the UK leaves the EU. The letters outline that even if the UK leaves without a deal, pensions for those in the EU will be uprated for a […]
Women Against State Pension Inequality
We are a campaign group that fights the injustice done to women born in the 1950s (on or after 6 April 1951) regarding the changes to their state pension age. The 1995 Conservative Government’s Pension Act included plans to increase women’s SPA (State Pension Age) to 65, the same as men’s. WASPI agrees with equalisation, but […]
NARPO Conference 2019
The 2019 NARPO conference took place on Friday 6th September in Southport. The theme for this year’s conference was 100 years of safeguarding members’ rights, wellbeing and pensions. Our conference is an important event in our calendar and never more so than in our 100th year. It is an opportunity for branches to come together […]