Homing in: How to improve the lives of older renters in Scotland
Independent Age’s research shows that Scotland’s rented sector is not working for older people who live on low and fixed incomes. We found that over one third (34%) of older private renters have felt anxious about paying their rent and 28% have less than £200 disposable income per month after they pay rent. Half of older […]
‘Stealth tax’ will hit 900,000 pensioners from April
The Daily Telegraph reported this week that an additional 900,000 pensioners will start paying tax on part of their State Pension for the first time from April, because of the freezing of the basic tax threshold since April 2021. The threshold at which 20% tax becomes payable has remained at £12,570 per year for the […]
Independent Age
Our fellow-campaigners at Independent Age are campaigning for the appointmentof Commissioners for Older People and Ageing in Scotland and in England, a causewe at CSPA share. We have seen impressive, recent examples of how successfulthis form of cross-governmental working can be in both Wales and NorthernIreland.The General Secretary recently met with Independent Age’s Chief Executive,Joanna […]
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill
Members may recall our website article before Christmas (December 11, 2023)about the worrying clause in the new ‘Data Protection and Digital Information Bill’which would give the Department of Work and Pensions the right to access socialsecurity claimants’ finances, including those receiving child benefit and a StatePension. You can view our article here –MP criticises Government […]
Civil Service Pension Scheme – new administrator from December 2025
The Cabinet Office Pensions team has confirmed to CSPA that Capita Business Services Ltd (Capita) have been awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme, from December 2025, following a long procurement selection process. The current service provider, MyCSP, will continue to administer the scheme during the two-year transitional period to December 2025. The new […]
The Pensioner Winter 2023
Our quarterly members magazine “The Pensioner” keeps you in touch with the latest developments and campaigns and is a font of useful information. This magazine is sent free of charge to all members, but we’re sharing a small snippet of our latest edition with everyone. If you’d like to start receiving the full magazine every […]
Free webinar: How to avoid the 12 scams of Christmas
We have received the following email (below) from AbilityNet regarding a free webinar on How to avoid the 12 Scams of Christmas. They have asked us to share this with our members. In the webinar you can learn how to protect yourself and others from the most common online scams that can be especially rife around […]
Civil Service Pensions set to rise by 6.7% from April as CPI inflation confirmed
Civil Service pensions are set to increase by 6.7% from 8 April 2024 following this morning`s announcement by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that the Consumer Prices Index for September remains at 6.7%. The annual pension increase is underpinned by a statutory link to the inflation rate in the preceding September. The ONS announcement also means […]
Report of Annual General Meeting
This was held in Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth (near Coventry) on October 11th and 12th. The Branch was represented by Christine McGiveron and Wilson Macdonald (Executive Council members), Cherry Dolan (delegate) and Michael Kirby (sponsored representative). The AGM was opened at 14.00 by the Deputy Mayor of the town of Kenilworth, Alan Chalmers. The new […]
CSPA supports Parliamentary Petition for the Pensions Triple-lock to be honoured in full in April 2024
At the CSPA Annual General Meeting held in Kenilworth on 11-12 October delegates voted unanimously to continue our campaign to protect the State Pensions triple lock in 2024 and beyond. The triple lock increases the State Pension by the higher of: inflation; average wage growth; or 2.5%. Inflation (as measured by CPI in September) was 6.8%; and […]
