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Consultation on Local Government Pension Scheme reforms (England and Wales): NMPA changes, councillor and mayor access, MAT administering authority directions, and new Fair Deal protections for outsourced staff

Published on: 27 October 2025

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Table of contents
  • What is the background to the consultation?
  • What is being proposed and why?
  • What are the implications for the LGPS?
  • What happens next?
Article summary

What is the background to the consultation?

On 13 October 2025, Alison McGovern, Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness, told the House of Commons that the government was formally opening a consultation on proposed policy changes to the LGPS in England and Wales. This exercise follows major updates to the scheme’s investment and governance framework and rules that were announced earlier this year.

What is being proposed and why?

Within the consultation, four core policy themes are being examined in detail at present. First, the NMPA. Under the Finance Act 2022, the NMPA for the majority of registered pension schemes is scheduled to rise from age 55 to age 57, taking effect from 6 April 2028...

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