Local Government Pensions Scheme in England and Wales - Scheme Improvements (Access and Protections)

Mayors

23. The proposal is that all mayors will have access to the LGPS. This includes: 

• Mayors and deputy mayors of combined authorities 

• Mayors and deputy mayors of combined county authorities 

• Mayors of single authorities (although their access will be as councillors, rather than in their role as Mayors)  

Councillors 

24. The proposal is that all councillors of all principal local authorities will have access to the LGPS. This includes: 

• County councils 

• District councils 

• London Boroughs 

• The Common Council of the City of London 

• The Council of the Isles of Scilly 

25. The proposal is that the Mayor of London, deputy mayors and London Assembly Members will have access to the LGPS.

26. Welsh councillors will continue to have the same access to the scheme as they currently have. Government recognises that this access is to a different, modified version of the scheme, but there is no intention to compel Welsh councillors to align with the English proposals. Should Welsh stakeholders wish to align with the English proposals, the government will consider any such proposals in consultation responses. 

27. Since the proposal is to cover all councillors of principal local authorities, both councillors who are a member of the combined authority or combined county authority and are remunerated for a role, and councillors who take up roles on scrutiny or audit committees for which they are remunerated, would be eligible for pension benefits on this remuneration.    

Greater London Authority 

28. The proposal is that both the Mayor of London and London Assembly Members will have  access to the LGPS.