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On Friday 12th February 2021 the government issued the Exit Payment Cap Directions 2021 which disapply parts of the Restriction of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2020 in England with immediate effect.

The Government has confirmed that, due to unintended consequences, the public sector exit cap will not apply to exits from 12 February 2021.

The legislation implementing the £95k cap on exit payments has now been signed and comes into force on 4 November 2020. This means that there will be a limit on the amount of costs for early retirement due to redundancy.

The Government has confirmed that there will be changes to all main public sector schemes, including the LGPS, to remove this age discrimination. This ruling is often called the ‘McCloud judgment’ after a member of the Judges’ Pension Scheme involved in the case.

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The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has relaunched their ScamSmart campaign to make pension scheme members more aware of scams during the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s important that you don’t make any hasty decisions which you later come to regret. We advise that you read the steps below before you consider a transfer.