Planned Increase to Normal Minimum Pension Age

The UK Government has announced that the earliest age you can take your pension will increase from age 55 to 57 with effect from 6 April 2028. This does not apply if you have to take your pension early due to ill health.

You could be protected from this increase if you joined the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) in Scotland before 4 November 2021. You could also be protected if you transferred a previous pension into the LGPS if certain conditions are met. However, you will only be able to use this protection when you take your LGPS pension if the LGPS rules allow you to take your pension before age 57.

The Scottish Government makes the LGPS rules, they have not yet confirmed if it will allow members who qualify for protection to take their pension before age 57, from 6 April 2028.

We will update this information when the Scottish Government changes the scheme rules to take account of the increase to the normal minimum pension age.