Scheme guide

A councillors’ guide to the Local Government Pension Scheme is available in PDF format for you to download or read on-line. This guide provides information on the Scheme, including benefits you can look forward to, the cost of being a member and when your benefits are payable. We also look at some of the things which may worry you, like what happens if you fall ill, or you die.

Please remember that this is only a guide, and we have deliberately used simple terms wherever possible, and cut out much of the technical detail which appears in the regulations. However, it is the actual regulations which will be used in the event of any dispute or disagreement.

Guide Number	Scheme Guide Title	Date of Publication
	A Guide to the Local Government Pension Scheme for eligible Councillors in England & Wales [PDF 294 KB]	June 2009

Scheme fact sheets/leaflets

We have produced a number of factsheets and leaflets that deal with specific aspects of the LGPS for Councillor's, which you may find useful.

Fact sheet/leaflet number	Fact sheet/leaflet name	Date of publication
PEN 2	Help with Pensions Problems fact sheet [PDF 866 KB]	June 2010
PEN 10	Civil Partnerships fact sheet [PDF 814 KB]	May 2010

Viewing PDF files

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