Bulletins

The information contained in the bulletins below has been prepared by the Bluelight Pensions team, part of the Local Government Association (LGA). It represents the views of the team and should not be treated as a complete and authoritative statement of the law. Readers may wish, or will need, to take their own legal advice on the interpretation of legislation. No responsibility whatsoever will be assumed by the LGA for any direct or consequential loss, financial or otherwise, damage or inconvenience, or any other obligation or liability incurred by readers relying on information contained in the bulletins.

While every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy of the bulletins, it would be helpful if readers could bring any perceived errors or omissions to the attention of the Bluelight team by emailing [email protected].

An index of topics covered by both issue number and subject matter has been added to the site for ease of reference and will be updated monthly:

Issue number index (PDF, 80 pages, 659kb) Topics index (PDF, 108 pages, 1,919kb) 

FPS Bulletin 78 - February 2024 (PDF, 17 pages, 336kb)

FPS Bulletin 77 - January 2024 (PDF, 22 pages, 407kb)

FPS Bulletin 76 - December 2023 (PDF, 16 pages, 605kb)

FPS Bulletin 75 - November 2023 (PDF, 13 pages, 317kb)

FPS Bulletin 74 - October 2023 (PDF, 26 pages, 374kb)

FPS Bulletin 73 - September 2023 (PDF, 30 pages, 1,305kb)

FPS Bulletin 72 - August 2023 (PDF, 14 pages, 297kb)

FPS Bulletin 71 - July 2023 (PDF, 24 pages, 338kb)

FPS Bulletin 70 - June 2023 (PDF, 15 pages, 308kb)

FPS Bulletin 69 - May 2023 (PDF, 21 pages, 771kb)

FPS Bulletin 68 - April 2023 (PDF, 14 pages, 339kb)

FPS Bulletin 67 - March 2023 (PDF, 16 pages, 271kb)

FPS Bulletin 66 - February 2023 (PDF, 12 pages, 242kb)

FPS Bulletin 64 - December 2022 (PDF, 17 pages, 337kb)

FPS Bulletin 63 - November 2022 (PDF, 16 pages, 264kb)

FPS Bulletin 62 - October 2022 (PDF, 22 pages, 608kb)

FPS Bulletin 61 - September 2022 (PDF, 13 pages, 220kb)

FPS Bulletin 60 - August 2022 (PDF, 12 pages, 264kb)

FPS Bulletin 59 - July 2022 (PDF, 23 pages, 349kb)

FPS Bulletin 57 - May 2022 (PDF, 15 pages, 284kb)

LFB Pension Analyst JD (PDF, 8 pages, 277kb) 

FPS Bulletin 56 - April 2022 (PDF, 19 pages, 306kb)

FPS Bulletin 55 - March 2022 (PDF, 15 pages, 287kb)

FPS annual update 2022 (PDF, 4 pages, 189kb) 

FPS Bulletin 54 - February 2022 (PDF, 14 pages, 999kb)

FPS Bulletin 53 - January 2022 (PDF, 11 pages, 267kb)

FPS Bulletin 52 - December 2021 (PDF, 9 pages, 376kb)

FPS Bulletin 51 - November 2021 (PDF, 11 pages, 281kb)

FPS Bulletin 50 - October 2021 (PDF, 9 pages, 286kb)

FPS Bulletin 49 - September 2021 (PDF, 8 pages, 246kb)

FPS Bulletin 48 - August 2021 (PDF, 8 pages, 267kb)

FPS Bulletin 46 - June 2021 (PDF, 11 pages, 272kb)

FPS Bulletin 43 - March 2021 (PDF, 10 pages, 302kb)

FPS Bulletin 42 - February 2021 (PDF, 14 pages, 307kb)

FPS Bulletin 41 - January 2021 (PDF, 11 pages, 392kb)

FPS Bulletin 40 - December 2020 (PDF, 8 pages, 310kb)

FPS Bulletin 38 - October 2020 (PDF, 11 pages, 278kb)

FPS Bulletin 35 - July 2020 (PDF, 11 pages, 313kb)

FPS Bulletin 33 - May 2020 (PDF, 11 pages, 425kb)

FPS Bulletin 32 - April 2020 (PDF, 12 pages, 460kb)

FPS Bulletin 29 - February 2020 (PDF, 9 pages, 331kb)

FPS Bulletin 28 - January 2020 (PDF, 11 pages, 522kb)

Appendix 1. Remedy data gathering (xlsx, 13.1kb)

FPS Bulletin 27 - December 2019 (PDF, 10 pages, 601kb)

Appendix 1. Home Office Sargeant fact sheet (PDF, 3 pages, 292kb)

Appendix 2. Chair's message 2019 (PDF, 3 pages, 103kb)

FPS Bulletin 19 - April 2019 (PDF, 10 pages, 480kb)

FPS Bulletin 10 - July 2018 (PDF, 7 pages, 436kb)

Appendix 1. TPOS newsletter 4 (PDF, 5 pages, 1,000kb)

FPS Bulletin 9 - June 2018 (PDF, 8 pages, 522kb)

Appendix 1. 2018 ABS amendments (Word, 29 pages, 158kb)

Appendix 2. 2018 ABS amendments (PDF, 29 pages, 882kb)

Appendix 3. Crystal Mark 22141 (JPEG, 232kb)

Appendix 4. Crystal Mark conditions of use (PDF, 2 pages, 50kb)

Appendix 5. Pension query form (Word, 2 pages, 80kb)

Appendix 6. Query form notes for completion (PDF, 2 pages, 167kb)

FPS Bulletin 7 - April 2018 (PDF, 9 pages, 719kb)

Appendix 1. TPO signposting (Word, 4 pages, 28kb)