The Public Service Pensions Commission (the Hutton Commission) is reviewing public service pensions for the Government. The NUT and other submissions (to the initial and final call for evidence) are attached below. To read the Commission's interim report published on 7 October 2010 click here and to read the final report published on 10 March 2011 click here

This update sets out pensions news on a variety of issues, including employee contribution rate rises, Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) negotiations, and the pension increase for 2012-13.

The Department for Education previously issued a consultation on increasing employee contribution rates to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. This section contains the original consultation document and responses from the NUT and the joint teachers’ union response (also written by the NUT).

The Government have switched the indexation method used to increase pensions from the RPI to the CPI. This document explains how the decision will affect the pensions of retired teachers and those yet to retire.

The Department for Education has issued its plans for increases in teachers’ pension contributions for April 2012. This document describes the plans for 2012-13 and extrapolates what contribution levels could be by 2014-15, given the Government’s stated intentions.

This document gives the revised Teachers’ Pension Scheme actuarial reduction factors for ARB pensions payable on or after this date.

This change of actuarial reduction factors is not retrospective in effect.

The document includes separate factors for additional pension elections.

This the NUT’s response to the recent Treasury Fair Deal consultation – covering pension arrangements when public sector workers are moved into the private sector.

This is the NUT response to the DWP Green Paper ‘A state pension for the 21st century’, which seeks views on simplification of the state pension system and increasing the state pension age.

There will be a 3.1 per cent increase in teachers' pensions from April 2011.

Members who retired part-way through the year will receive a proportionate increase.

The Pensions Act 2011 accelerates increases in the state pension age. The state pension age for women will reach 65 by November 2018 and the state pension age for men and women will reach 66 by October 2020. The document shows state pension ages for those in the transition period.

This NUT leaflet is a basic introduction to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme - benefits provided by the scheme,retirement options and what members can do to help protect the scheme.

This advice document explains to newly qualified teachers why their teachers' pension is important and what they can do to help protect it.

This advice document explains to women teachers why their teachers’ pension is important and what they can do to help protect it.

This document summarises the key points of Lord John Hutton’s interim report on public service pensions. It covers the main points of the report, the Union’s view and the likely next steps.