Firefighters' pension scheme
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Detail of outcome
A summary of responses, and the government’s response to the consultation on proposed changes to the firefighters’ pension schemes in England.
Original consultation
Consultation description
This consultation sets out a number of proposed changes to the firefighters’ pension scheme and new firefighters’ pension scheme.
It includes the following key proposals:
- the removal of rule A14, compulsory retirement on the grounds of efficiency
- changes to the indexation of additional pension benefits
- changes to the maximum communtation payment
- proposals to deal with potential age discrimination
- amendments to the medical and non-medical appeals processes
- abatement of pensions
- technical amendments and alignments with tax legislation
Documents
Updates to this page
Last updated 7 June 2013 + show all updates
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Added summary of responses and equality assssment.
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First published.