Employer Newsletters

In this section you will find your latest edition of Inscribe - our quarterly newsletter for employers within the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund.

Each edition of Inscribe will contain the latest news and updates for the Local Government Pension Scheme. 

Spring 2022

• ESS decommissioned
• LGPS annual updates 
• Year-end 2022
• Responsible Investment - April 2022 update 
• LGS15C Withdrawal from Scheme - form update 

Winter 2021/2022

• Responsible investment update 
• Year-end 2022
• Employee contributions 2022/23 
• Pension increase confirmation
• Pension team contacts update  

Autumn 2021

•    Summary of Annual Report and Accounts for 2020/2021 
•    Meet our new Head of Pension Fund 
•    Annual Meeting 2021
•    Flexible retirement reminder 

Summer 2021

• Exiting the Pension Fund 
• MoneyHelper website 
• i-Connect Leaver form upload facility
• Pension Surgery Events 
• Revised HR and Payroll guides published

Spring 2021

• Spring LGPS updates
• New APC limit
• Revised Employer forms
• Redundancy/Efficiency what are the rules?
• Active member newsletter
• LGPS videos 

Winter 2020/2021

• The 95k Exit Payment Cap regulations revoked
• Redundancy/Efficiency what are the rules?
• Pensions increase 2021 confirmed
• 2021/2022 Pension Contribution Bands
• Your Local Pension Board needs you!
• Year-end 2021 timescales
• The McCloud Case update
• Shared Cost AVCs

Autumn 2020 

• Berkshire Pension Fund Annual report and accounts summary 2019/2020
• LGPS Covid-19 update 
• Public Sector exit reforms - the 95k cap 
• Employer resources 
• The McCloud Case - employer Q&A

Summer 2020

• Covid-19 LGPS update 
• LGA Employer training 
• The McCloud case 
• Year-end 2020

Winter 2019/20

• Valuation 2019 results
• LGPS bite-sized videos
• McCloud judgement update
• Year-end 2020

Autumn 2019

• Fund Accounts and Investments summary 2018/2019
• Introducing our new Chairman
• McCloud Judgement update
• Retirement reminders -
  • Partial flexible retirement review and ill-health retirement Q and A

Summer 2019

• LGPS Consultations
• 2019 Employer Survey
• 2019/2020 reminders
• Updated ill-health retirement certificates
• i-Connect updates

Spring 2019

• 2019/2020 pension contribution rates
• CARE Revaluation 2019
• Year-end 2019
• Updated standard forms

Winter 2018/2019

• Year-end 2019
• LGPS Scheme Advisory Board – recommendations
• Revised early retirement reduction factors
• TUPE transfers and outsourcing
• ESS Registration information
• Ban on pensions cold calling

Autumn 2018

• Berkshire Pension Fund Accounts and Investments update 
• Be 'Scamsmart'
• AVC Wise
• Assumed Pensionable Pay