
McCloud Remedy
Immediate Choice Statements are in the process of being issued to affected scheme members. The Civil Service Pension’s website has

Civil Service Pension Increase
The 2025 Civil Service Pension increase, determined by the rate of inflation in the preceding September. Disappointingly this was only

Claire Sugden proposed motion at Northern Ireland assembly
Claire Sugden Motion in the Northern Ireland Assembly On 25th February Claire Sugden, Independent MLA & Former Justice Minister proposed

Age Discrimination Legislation
Claire Sugden Independent MLA & Chair of the All Party Group for Older People in the Northern Ireland Assembly has

Programme for Government ( PfG )
It took the Northern Ireland Executive 9 months to produce a Draft PfG in August 2024. Disappointingly the draft PfG

Commissioner for Older People
Eddie Lynch , the Commissioner for Older People stood down from the position after 9 years in December. His Office

Fuel Poverty Strategy
Northern Ireland’s largest Government , the Department for Communities , launched a Fuel Poverty Strategy for Public Consultation recently. CSPA

Annual Report
The CSPA NI Annual Report was presented to & adopted at the 2025 AGM on 6th May. We still have

Employee Pension Contributions Rates to rise
Civil Service Pensions Branch launched a Consultation Exercise on a possible increase in the Employee Contribution to the Civil Service

Meeting with Civil Service Pensions Branch
Meeting with Civil Service Pensions Branch The Annual Meeting between Civil Service Pensions Branch ( CSP ) & CSPA NI

Will Northern Irish pensioners also receive the winter fuel payment?
After the announcement by the Chancellor , last week , that the Government had decided to reinstate the Winter Fuel

Winter fuel payment restored
Northern Ireland Pensioners will have their Winter Fuel Payment restored on similar lines to Pensioners in England & Wales. This

Winter fuel uturn
The Chancellor , Rachel Reeves , has done a complete uturn on her decision of July 2024 to withdraw the
CSPA NI – AGM
The CSPA AGM 2025 took place on 7th May in the Presbyterian Assembly Building Belfast. There was a reasonable turnout

Proposed Amendments to the CSPA NI Constitution
The NI CSPA Branch Committee shall be proposing amendments to our current Constitution at our upcoming AGM. These changes are

2025 AGM
The CSPA NI AGM will take place on Wednesday 7th May in the Boardroom, Presbyterian Assembly Buildings, Fisherwick Place, Belfast. This is right in

Winter Fuel Payments beginning to land
The long awaited One – Off £100 Winter Fuel Payment to all Northern Ireland Pensioners began rolling out to all recipients

Winter Fuel Protest
Unite the Union have organised a protest , about Winter Fuel Allowance , outside the Headquarter of the Department for

WEBINAR: Changes to Civil Service Pension
Join the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance and representatives from the UK Cabinet Office to talk about the 2015 Remedy (McCloud).

Northern Ireland Civil Service Pensions To Rise
Although the Government had confirmed, some months ago, that Civil Service Pensions in Great Britain would rise by 6.7% from

WEBINAR: Changes to Civil Service Pension
Join the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance and representatives from the UK Cabinet Office to talk about the 2015 Remedy (McCloud).