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UNISON eFocus special: LGPS 2014 - UNISON members vote to accept changes |
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Monday, 27 August 2012 |
A message from Dave Prentis,
UNISON general secretary UNISON members vote to accept changes to Local Government Pension SchemeI am writing to you because UNISON members across England and Wales have voted 90.2% in favour of accepting the proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
We led the negotiations, which resulted in proposals to maintain the current contribution levels for 90% of LGPS members, introduce a 50/50 'low cost' scheme for the low paid, and move from a final salary to a career average scheme.
I want to thank you for the hard work you have put in throughout the negotiations. Together we've managed to ensure that current LGPS members can afford to stay in the scheme and those who could not afford to join it can now do so via the 50/50 option.
This is vital for many of our members whose earnings have gone down as a result of the coalition's pay freeze policies. Contributions are now on a fairer progressive basis.
We will continue to campaign with all of the union, through the TUC, against the proposals to increase the state retirement age.
UNISON will now move into the next stage of discussions on improving the governance of the new scheme which is due to come into effect in 2014.
Yours sincerely
Dave Prentis
UNISON general secretary
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LGN & Local Gov News Aug 20 |
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Monday, 20 August 2012 |
What has everyone been reading about in local government? | If you've missed out on the most recent developments in the local government sector, don't worry. We are providing you with the top ten stories of the past week, simply read on below. LocalGov.co.uk provides you with the latest news and e-bulletins completely free of charge. Registration to the site is free, so make sure you take advantage of the wealth of information provided. | EU procurement rules that make it difficult for local authorities to save taxpayers’ money are likely to become more complex and costly, council leaders are warning. Ministers have halved local government’s spending transparency threshold – from all items worth more than £500 to all transactions above £250 – and warned that authorities which needlessly redact information face future scrutiny. A long-awaited review into the UK’s private rented housing market could spell the end of many council Section 106 agreements, it has been claimed. Worcester City Council will review the terms and conditions of its entire workforce in an attempt to save cash, council bosses have revealed. Coalition leaders have accepted the Dilnot Commission’s recommendations for capping care costs, newspapers have reported today. Six coastal towns this week received a £5m boost from communities secretary, Eric Pickles, as the Government seeks ways to regenerate Britain’s seaside economies. Norfolk CC leader, Cllr Derrick Murphy, could find his County Hall career under threat after becoming embroiled in a row involving local Conservative constituency associations. Hackney LBC will close a number of streets to traffic to provide safe outdoor areas for children to play in. Two London councils have joined their communications team together to reduce costs and explore new ways of sharing services. The Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) has issued two tenders worth a combined total of up to £34m on behalf of Warwickshire CC and Cambridge City Council. |
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LGN & Local Gov News Aug 10 |
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Friday, 10 August 2012 |
Shared services saving councils millions Although shared services are saving councils money, it is not enough to make up for the cuts to local government funding, according to a new report from the Local Government Association. Services shared: Costs spared provides provides the first detailed analysis of five shared service arrangements. In total the five saved £30m across the lifetime of the arrangement, which includes sharing back office functions and working together to deliver frontline services. However, the report found that while councils are achieving significant savings through shared services, it falls short of matching the 28% cut in local government funding over the current spending review period. The report, produced by Drummond MacFarlane for the LGA, also found that the set-up costs for merging services is cost-effective and has less than a two-year payback period. Shared services have also provided the same or better levels of performance and benefit from wider business transformation such as improved use of IT and assets. Visit The MJ for more on this story. |
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Tuesday, 24 July 2012 |
| | | 23 July 2012 |  |  | Four out of five service groups say vote 'yes' in the LGPS ballot
Members covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales are being urged to vote yes to a new LGPS 2014 scheme when they are balloted this month.
In all, around 660,000 members in five UNISON service groups will be covered by the ballot, including: - 580,000 members in local government;
- 40,000 in police and justice;
- 19,000 in higher education;
- 17,000 in community;
- 6,000 in the water, environment and transport service group.
The local government, police and justice, community and WET service groups are all recommending that members vote 'yes' in the ballot. The higher education service group is recommending that members vote 'no'.
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LGPS 2014 - Time to have your say
Members covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales are about to vote on proposals for a new LGPS from 2014 (England and Wales only)
LGPS 2014: time to vote yes
(England and Wales only)
LGPS 2014: Recommendations from the service group executives
After consultating members, branches and regions, the five service group executives covering members in the LGPS in England and Wales met on Thursday to consider their recommendation in the ballot - this is what they said (England and Wales only)
LGPS 2014: Ballot questions and answers
A guide to some of the questions surrounding the ballot (England and Wales only).
LGPS 2014 - online voting
The ballot of members starts on 31 July and members will be able to vote online or by returning their ballot paper by 24 August (England and Wales only)
LGPS 2014 - higher education
Higher education members see here (England and Wales only)
| | | A MILLION VOICES FOR PUBLIC SERVICES |
Marching for a future that works
Sign up to support the march against austerity on 20 October
Olympic brand is forcing public safety into second place
Important work of trading standards limited by commitment
British crime survey
Government plans to make drastic cuts to policing threaten to undo progress in the fight against crime
Tory candidates for police and crime commissioners should come clean on privatisation plans
Private companies to run policing services is a dangerous experiment with public safety and taxpayers' money
Sure Start Centres should be ring fenced not cut
These cuts are counterproductive
| | | NEWS |
Swindon lobbies Tory council attacking facility time
(20/07/12) 'This proposal could end up costing Swindon council'
12-week consultation period should stay as minimum
(19/07/12) Cutting consultation time will lead to poor decision making
Healthworkers fight back in North East
(18/07/12) Northumbria trust staff strike over cut to terms and conditions
Court of appeal gives stabbed social worker right to sue health authorities
(18/07/12) Attack could and should have been prevented
| | | | ORGANISING |
Back to the future in Scotland
Centralising Scotland's police could be a case of back to the '70s
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