Guaranteed Minimum Pension
A guide to the contracted out payment equivalent (COPE), and guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) This guide explains briefly what GMP is and how it affects the amount of pension you are paid. It is not intended to provide an in-depth explanation of GMP. GMP – Leaflet officers At State Pension age, although the Police Scheme […]
Boskovic v Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police
In the case of Boskovic v Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police (April 2019) [2019] EWCA Civ 676 The issue arising on this appeal is whether the judge at first instance was wrong to find that the Chief Constable of Staffordshire Police acted lawfully in refusing to exercise the power under regulation 32(2) of the Police […]
McLoughlin v The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
In McLOUGHLIN v The Chief Constable of West Yorkshire (April 2019), the judge tackled the limitation considerations, finding that the claim for an increased injury pension was not statute barred in that time only began to run when the original medical opinion of 1984 was substituted for a medical opinion produced some 34 years later. […]
Delayed Social Care Green Paper
Later Life Ambitions are deeply concerned that the Government has again delayed the publication of the Social Care Green Paper – their plan for fixing the sector. Adult social care cannot wait any longer. It demands a long-term strategy that resolves the significant funding challenges facing the sector and helps prepare it for an ageing […]