McCloud/Sargeant/Age Discrimination

On 20 December 2018, the Court of Appeal ruled in McCloud/Sargeant that the transitional arrangements introduced as part of the 2015 reforms to the Firefighters' and Judges' pension scheme were discriminatory and, there, unlawful. The Government subsequently accepted that this ruling applied to all main public service pension schemes. You can find details of the HM Treasury consultation and response to this age discrimination case including details of the remedy below.

• Message from Chief Finance Officer - Police Pension Changes 2022 (May 2022)
• Police Pension Remedy Key Messages and FAQs (March 2022)
• McCloud calculator developed by Government Actuary's Department (March 2022) *Please note that this calculator may not work with all web browsers and has not been optimised for use from a mobile telephone
• HMT response to age discrimination (Updated July 2021)
• Public Service Pension Schemes Consultation (Updated July 2021)
• Home Office FAQs (August 2021)
• Explanatory Notes (July 2021)

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