Find out further information about the LGPS in the following guides and factsheets.
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Guide: Brief guide to the LGPS (PDF, 585.5 KB)
Includes information about the key benefits of the scheme.
Guide: The Qs and As of retirement
Answers the main questions surrounding retirement in the LGPS.
Guide: Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure (IDRP) (PDF, 600.2 KB)
Explains how you have the right to ask for a decision about your pension to be looked at under the formal complaints procedure (IDRP).
Guide: Expression of wish for payment of death grant
A lump sum death grant may be payable in the event of your death. This guide includes the form for you to nominate who you wish to receive the lump sum death grant. If you are over age 75, or you have been in receipt of your pension for more than 10 years, a lump sum death grant is not payable and you should not complete the form.