Dan Peters 26 June 2025

Legal warning over Reform's pension plans

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A legal expert has warned Reform UK councils will not be able to slash local authority pensions.

Reform plans to cut ‘overgenerous' council pensions and exclude new hires from Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) membership.

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