Thinking about retirement?
Calculate the impact of retiring at different ages, or register for a retirement planning course to better understand your pension options.
The retirement planning course is available in English only.

Your Contributions
How much you will contribute to your pension and how tax relief works.

Paying Less
Reduce your contributions temporarily through the 50/50 section.

Update your details
Update your address, email, telephone number and other personal details.

What happens if you die
Information about survivor pensions and death benefits.

How your pension works
How your pension benefits build up and how they are calculated.

Leaving Before Retirement
What happens to your pension if you leave your job or choose to leave the LGPS.

Tax and Pensions
Pension tax allowances and the potential implications for members with higher-value pension benefits.

Divorce
How divorce can affect your pension and the steps you should take.

Paying More
Build additional pension benefits by paying extra contributions.

Move a Pension into the LGPS
Learn whether you can transfer other pensions into the LGPS.

Absent from work
How periods of absence can affect your pension, and the options available to protect your benefits.

Taking Your Pension
Learn when you can take your pension and how this may affect your benefits.

Change in your employment
Understand how reducing your hours, changes to your pay, or taking part in a salary sacrifice scheme can affect your pension.

Back in an LGPS employment?
Learn what happens to your benefits if you return to LGPS employment.

