Lower LGPS accrual rate could make short-term Treasury savings

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Proposals to implement a new LGPS with lower accrual rates could be used as a short-term fix to generate millions of pounds in savings required from the scheme by Treasury next year.

The London Pensions Fund Authority today launched a green paper calling for a 1/70th accrual rate for the new career average local government pension scheme due in 2015. LPFA chief executive Mik...

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