Martin George
Deputy Editor at Local Government Chronicle
Deputy editor, Local Government Chronicle @lgcplus. Previously @tes and @EDP24. Now at @martinrgeorge.bsky.social. Views mine. He/him. [email protected]
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5 days ago |
lgcplus.com | Martin George
The government has given the LGPS much of the certainty it has asked for – but whether it will deliver what ministers want is another question, writes deputy editor Martin George. When local government minister Jim McMahon described last week’s changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme as “the most significant reform of the LGPS in a generation” the hype was – for once – justified.
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1 week ago |
astronomy.com | Martin George
The first evening of June finds Mars in the company of a lovely crescent Moon. The Red Planet reached opposition back in January and has faded considerably since then, glowing now at 1st magnitude. Mars spends the month moving eastward against the backdrop of Leo the Lion. It shares a small patch of sky with Leo’s brightest star, 1st-magnitude Regulus, in mid-June. The two meet on the 17th, when the planet passes less than 1° north of the star.
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1 week ago |
lgcplus.com | Martin George
An accountant with experience of local government, the civil service and the NHS is set to become the new chief executive of Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council. Aidan Dunn, who is currently executive director of corporate development at Dorset Council, is set to succeed the council’s founding chief Graham Farrant, who announced his retirement in February.
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1 week ago |
lgcplus.com | Martin George
New legislation will give ministers the power to force council pension funds to merge as part of a raft of measures designed to reform the Local Government Pension Scheme. The government today published the outcome of its consultation on the biggest overhaul of the LGPS in a generation, which aims to consolidate the fragmented scheme and increase the amount it invests in the UK economy.
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1 week ago |
lgcplus.com | Martin George
The government has confirmed its deadline for Local Government Pension Scheme asset pooling to be completed, but will allow "some limited flexibility where necessary" for pension funds moving to new pools, and pools taking in new funds. Ministers announced plans last November for pooling, which sees the 87 LGPS funds - also known as administering authorities (AAs) - in England and Wales transfer their assets to ‘pools’ to invest on their behalf, to be “completed” by March 2026.
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