GAD: LGPS employers should not feel 'queasy' about contribution increases
There will be "ups and downs" for employers in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) as it carries out its 2019 valuation against the backdrop of the cost cap suspension and the McCloud judgment.
The Government Actuary's Department (GAD) said, however, the LGPS would likely not see contributions rise as much as has been seen in the firefighters' and teachers' pension schemes. Employers in the...
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