Pending retirees prioritised for governments pensions settlement

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Pending retirees prioritised for government's pensions settlement

Officers set to retire from policing are a step closer to ending the uncertainty over their pensions if draft Home Office guidance is agreed.

Date - 25th August 2020
By - Chris Smith

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The Home Office has taken another step towards settling the police pensions dsipute that is set to land the government with a multi-billion pound compensation bill. In an update to members, the Police Federation revealed that officials at the...

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