The Order amended Section 3(6) of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 to omit the requirement exemption for Scottish Ministers' scheme regulations covering fire and rescue workers and police members, effective 1st July 2026.

This Statutory Instrument, made by HM Treasury in June 2026 and effective from July 1st, 2026, amends Section 3 of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 by specifically removing the exemption that previously existed for scheme regulations made by the Scottish Ministers concerning fire and rescue workers and members of a police force; this action removes those specific regulations from the list of those that do not require prior consent from HM Treasury.

The Armed Forces (Pension and Compensation on Termination of Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 amended the existing UK regulations governing pensions and compensation upon service termination for Armed Forces personnel.

These 2022 Regulations amend the principal Regulations concerning pensions and compensation payable to members of the Armed Forces upon the termination of their service, detailing specific changes to the existing legal framework governing these payments.

Expanded pension eligibility to include elected members and mayors of the Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority.

These Regulations amend the Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority Regulations 2026 to grant elected members of that authority access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

They mandate that any allowance paid to a member, excluding travel and subsistence, is treated as pensionable income.

The Sussex and Brighton Combined County Authority is directed to make the necessary employer contributions and payments to fund these pension benefits for its members.

The regulations amended the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 2013 to introduce pension membership for elected members in England and Wales, defining eligible roles, scheme employers, and setting out specific modifications for elected service accrual, while also applying consequential amendments across several local governance orders.

These 2026 Regulations, which apply to England and Wales, amend the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Regulations 2013 to formally incorporate elected members, such as councillors and mayors of various local bodies, into the scheme, treating them as employees for pension purposes, and establishing definitions for eligible members, scheme employers, and rules for pensionable pay based on allowances received, while also making consequential amendments across numerous existing Combined Authority and County Authority establishment orders.

The 2026 Regulations updated the Firefighters' Pension Scheme member contribution thresholds and rates starting April 1st, 2026, and introduced an annual inflation adjustment mechanism.

These Regulations amend the Firefighters' Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014, specifically updating the member contribution structure detailed in Regulation 110.

The changes, effective from 1st April 2026, introduce revised annual pensionable pay thresholds and corresponding contribution rates, while also establishing a mechanism to automatically increase these thresholds annually based on changes in the Consumer Price Index (or another index decided by the Secretary of State).

Furthermore, the amendments standardize the terminology used when calculating contributions for retained, volunteer, and part-time firefighters.

The Order legally specified the revaluation factors for public service pensions based on price and earnings changes for the 2025-2026 period and determined its commencement dates across England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.

This statutory instrument, made by the Treasury, sets the specific percentage increases to be used for revaluing accrued pension rights within certain public service pension schemes for the period between 1st April 2025 and 31st March 2026, establishing an increase in prices of 3.8 per cent and an increase in earnings of 4.8 per cent, and specifies the dates the Order comes into force across different UK jurisdictions and schemes.

The Minister for the Civil Service amended the 2014 and 2023 Public Service Pension Regulations, effective 17th November 2025, to provide rectification mechanisms for remediable service arising from age discrimination in transitional protection, including provisions on voiding statements, optional retrospective benefit assessments, and clarifying beneficiary decision-making.

These Regulations, enacted by the Minister for the Civil Service with Treasury consent, amend the 2014 and 2023 Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations to address issues stemming from unlawful age discrimination in transitional protection arrangements for public service pension schemes, commonly known as remediable service. The amendments introduce specific provisions allowing scheme managers and decision-makers to reconsider or rectify past benefit calculations, including specific opt-out windows, ill-health retirement assessments, and partial/early retirement recalculations for members whose service spanned the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) and alpha scheme.

Furthermore, they clarify rules regarding voiding inaccurate service statements, treatment of divorce liabilities, and determining eligible decision-makers for deceased members.

The 2025 regulations amended several National Health Service pension schemes to correct errors, update tax provisions, add neonatal care leave, and improve calculation accuracy, with some changes taking effect retrospectively.

The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2025 amend multiple NHS pension scheme regulations, primarily correcting errors and inconsistencies, updating tax provisions following the abolition of the lifetime allowance, improving leave provision, and enhancing calculation accuracy.

These changes affect various NHS pension schemes introduced in 1995, 2000, 2008, and 2015, with several provisions applied retrospectively.