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Podcast: LPPI’s Richard Tomlinson on the next phase of LGPS pooling
Always A Pensions Angle has teamed up with the Fifty Faces Podcast for a series of interviews with senior professionals from across the Local Government Pension Scheme. Episode four features LPPI’s Richard Tomlinson.
Special report: The Pension Schemes Bill in the House of Lords
The landmark legislation begins its report stage this week, with peers still debating more than 180 amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill. Pensions Expert explores what is up for discussion over the next two weeks.
Unions and industry rally against Reform UK’s LGPS plans
Pensions UK has said Reform’s comments about the LGPS are “not supported by evidence”, as the party’s deputy leader confirms plans for a DB to DC switch.
West Midlands joins PMI talent drive as governance scrutiny intensifies
The West Midlands Pension Fund has become the latest organisation to sign up to the Pensions Management Institute’s training and development initiative as a partner.
LGPS pools make senior hires as new landscape takes shape
LGPS Central hires from Church Commissioners for a key operations role, while LPPI brings a Brunel non-exec onto its board to aid the transition for new partner funds.
Rule changes take aim at LGPS gender pension gap
Additional unpaid maternity leave is to become automatically pensionable under changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme coming into force from April.
LPPI eyes Bristol office as it absorbs ex-Brunel funds
The LGPS pool is offering roles to staff at Brunel Pension Partnership, which was ordered to shut down by the government last year.
Always A Pensions Angle: Probing amendments and Panglossian optimism
Nick reports from wet and windy Scotland (with trainee guide dog Jenny) as he and Tom dissect the Pension Schemes Bill’s journey through the House of Lords, and mull over what the US’s recent actions mean for portfolios.
LGPS Central hires Dowdall to lead local investment drive
LGPS Central, one of the asset pooling companies for the Local Government Pension Scheme, has named Paddy Dowdall as investment director for local investment.
Always A Pensions Angle: New year, same bill
In the first episode of 2026, Nick and Tom shake off the Christmas cobwebs as the Pension Schemes Bill faces serious Lords scrutiny. Plus: The LGPS grapples with Fit for the Future timescales, and we talk bulk annuities.
Northern LGPS begins search for executive team to lead pool
The Northern LGPS asset pool has launched recruitment for its first senior leadership team as it develops into a standalone pooled investment organisation.
Always A Pensions Angle: Bells, Bills, and Brunel
Pour yourself some mulled wine and settle in as Nick and Tom dissect the wildest year in pensions for ages, from the Pension Schemes Bill to the LGPS reshuffle, megafunds to value for money.
Civil service urged to adopt LGPS-style reforms to close gender pension gap
In a joint letter to Anna Turley, minister of state at the Cabinet Office, Prospect and the FDA have warned that the gender gap in pension outcomes for retired civil servants was “unacceptably high” at around 45%.
PMI launches partnership initiative to boost training and development
Three administration providers have signed up as founding members of the PMI’s Development Partnerships programme, after a regulatory report flagged recruitment and retention issues in the sector.