Mothers in Llanelli who are signed up to the LGPS will benefit from it becoming the first public service pension scheme to make all of maternity leave automatically pensionable. The reforms will also end the situation that meant opposite-sex couples did not earn survivor benefits, while tough new rules will remove pensions for serious offences by public servants.
The reforms come as part of Labour’s Plans to Make Work Pay that will back millions of workers by banning exploitative zero-hours contracts and ending ‘Fire and Rehire’.
Dame Nia Griffith, Labour MP for Llanelli, said:
“These steps will directly benefit many of my constituents in Llanelli working on the front line of public services in our local communities like schools, waste collection and street cleaning. I am pleased that these changes will bring an end to historic discrimination within the pension scheme and put more money in working people’s pockets. “
Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner said: “These historic changes will give hard working street cleaners, librarians, school cooks and other public servants the security that they deserve.
“This is a critical step in ending years of discrimination, backing our dedicated public servants and helping to Make Work Pay.”
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, Jim McMahon OBE, said:
“Today’s changes will ensure more public servants get the benefits and security they deserve.
“Our reforms to Local Government Pension Schemes are bringing fairness and equality to workers, while boosting the potential of schemes to drive opportunity and growth in local communities.”
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