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Have your say

Pensions survey:

please let the

Federation know

your views

ll members of West Midlands Police “I was acutely aware of the feelings of to respond to the survey but also get in touch
Federation are being asked to those in the Pension Challenge but felt that with us if they would like further information
Acomplete a short pensions survey. it was also important to find out the views about their own circumstances in relation to
The survey has been put together by of the wider membership too. their pension,” says Jon.
the West Midlands Police Federation’s “Having been established, the working “We are monitoring the responses as
Pensions Working Group. group had to very quickly consider a they come in and will consider what
The group was formed after the response to the Government’s proposal for members have to say. It is strictly one entry
Government announced its proposed the remedy to the discrimination found in per member so that we can be sure of an
remedy to the discrimination found in the the implementation of the 2015 Police accurate result.”
implementation of the 2015 Career Average Pension Scheme. It submitted this response The survey closes on 18 December 2020
Revalued Earnings (CARE) Police Pension on members’ behalf and this will now be and the Federation will notify members of
Scheme. considered, with other submissions, by the the results as soon as they have been verified.
“I put forward a paper at the July Treasury.” The Police Federation of England and
meeting of the West Midlands Police A link to the pensions survey has been Wales had previously decided not to launch
Federation Branch Council addressing the circulated and hundreds of members have its own challenge to the new pensions
issues around the police pension and already submitted their responses. scheme but earlier this year launched a
instigated the working group to consider in “We would like as many members as Group Action on behalf of officers.
more depth the situation that our members possible to take part in this survey since the If you have not received a link to the
found themselves in,” says West Midlands findings will then govern our branch’s survey, please email the Federation office at
Police Federation chair Jon Nott. actions going forward. I would urge officers westmidlandspf@polfed.org

“
We would like as
many members as
possible to take part

in this survey since
the findings will then

actions going
forward.

govern our branch’s “

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