Dec 15, 2022 | All Members, GMP Court Case, Pensions
At the end of October, we wrote to hundreds of members who had transferred their pensions out of one of the Lloyds Banking Group final salary pension scheme providing them with a standard letter to send to the Trustee. That letter said: “I have enclosed details of...
Dec 2, 2022 | All Members, Halifax, Pensions
The Times and Financial Times have reported that the Trustee responsible for managing Lloyds Banking Group Pension Schemes with assets worth £50 billion was forced into a fire sale of equities and faced collateral calls of billions of pounds at the height of the gilts...
Nov 17, 2022 | All Members, Halifax, Pensions
In a previous Newsletter we called on Charlie Nunn, Group Chief Executive, to undertake an immediate review of the pension cap now that inflation was spiralling out of control. The Retail Price Index (RPI) hit 14.2% in the year to October. It’s at its highest level...
Sep 14, 2022 | All Members, Pensions
Soaring inflation, energy bills and prices means that many retired members of staff are already struggling in the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. Whilst the government has said that a typical household energy bill will be capped at £2,500 annually until...
Aug 31, 2022 | All Members, Pay, Pensions
When Lloyds introduced its pension cap in 2014, with the tacit support of Accord and Unite who refused to ballot their members on industrial action, it said it would keep the cap under constant review. Lloyds must undertake an immediate review of the pension cap now...
Aug 10, 2022 | All Members, Pay, Pensions
One in twenty UK adults say they have stopped contributing into their company pension scheme because of the cost of living crisis. A further 6% of savers say they are actively considering pausing contributions; a further 9% might consider doing so in future according...
