A BIT OF BACKGROUND In 2013, following a string of controversies ranging from directly targeting elected politicians and reports of internal bullying, PFEW initiated an independent review of its practices and core purpose. In 2014 PFEW committed itself to implementing the 36 recommendations in the Normington Report – guidelines designed to improve transparency and accountability … More Reform the Police Federation of England and Wales

I’ve picked up on frequent questions in response to our latest video update and so thought it would be easier to do a quick post to clarify issues where possible. So here Goes…. Does the government proposal end the discrimination caused by the Transitional Protections and satisfy the courts declaration? The short on the face … More Likely more Questions than Answers, But here goes….

Dear Ma’am / Sir, POLICE OFFICER PENSIONS: Pension Challenge Administration Team Response to HM Government’s Consultation on Public Service Pension Schemes: Changes to the Transitional Arrangements to the 2015 Schemes We are responding to HM Government’s Consultation on Public Service Pension Schemes on behalf of the Pension Challenge Administration Team. 1. Introduction 1.1 The Pension … More Admin response to Government consultation on public sector pension remedy

You always wanted to be a police officer. You didn’t know what kind of police officer you would be but when you finally joined the force, you excelled. It felt like it was where you were meant to be. Being part of the police felt like being part of a large, extended family. You’d heard … More Suffering in Silence

It’s been a good few months since I last provided any sort of update regarding the status of the Police Pension Challenge simply because there hasn’t been any real change. All 13,580 claims have now been lodged at the Employment Tribunal. In turn, the ET have acknowledged receipt. The next step would have been to … More What’s taking so long?

The Career Averaged Revaluated Earnings (CARE) Scheme The CARE 15 scheme is still a defined benefit scheme only this time your pension is calculated by adding a number of pots together which gives you an average earning over the period of your contributions. The accrual rate is set at 55.3 which is lower than the … More The CARE Scheme

The 2006 Police Pension Scheme (06 PPS) The 2006 Police Pension Scheme is a final salary career defined pension. The Scheme was introduced in order to combat the growing costs associated with public sector pensions. In order to do this the equations and benefits were changed in order to redress the balance between the officer’s … More The 2006 Police Pension

The 1987 Police Pension scheme (87 PPS)   The Scheme is a final salary career defined pension.  It has a scheme retirement age of 60 but also allows to retire after attaining 30 years pensionable service.  Essentially over your 30 years’ service you would accumulate 1/60th of your salary each year up to a maximum … More The 1987 Police Pension Scheme