pension

anaita

my husband will be 64 years this year but he does not retire till 66 now,we have a government pension and a army pension which he took out when he was 60 years can he retire this year as its only 2 years till he gets hes government pension who he works full or will he lose out on benefits early.we don't know how to get about this as he has a medical condition and we have still have to pay of our mortgage for about four and half years left.

molerat

He needs to find out the rules for his current pension plus check what his state pension entitlement is.

Dox

He can 'retire' (i.e. stop working) whenever he likes. He won't be entitled to his state pension until he reaches state pension age. Not clear from your question if he is currently working for a government department? If so, he needs to contact the scheme and find out his options. They'll be used to this sort of request, so don't worry about asking.

anaita

thank you for your advise he works for the local council,so I was not sure if he can take the pension early.
hes army pension is lot a lot as he was only there for ten years.

xylophone

Your husband is in the LGPS pension scheme? See

https://www.lgpsmember.org/tol/thinking-leaving-when.php

He should contact the Administrator for information on his position.

Has he obtained a new state pension statement?

https://www.gov.uk/check-state-pension

anaita

we get a statement every year but its hard to understand it what we get each month as he has been in to it 20years.will the lgps pension people will be able to help.?

xylophone

He can check his state pension at the link above.

For information on his retirement from local government service, he needs to contact the administrator of the scheme or check on the website of the LA that employs him.

Example

https://www.nypf.org.uk/index.shtml

You mention a medical condition - will he be seeking retirement on medical grounds?

anaita

he was off 5 months got back to work this week ,and saw occupation health she signed him back to work as they can not get rid of him for his disability.hes old line manager told him to hang on for a year?

xylophone

can not get rid of him for his disability.

No indeed - I was thinking only that if a person is considered too ill to work, "medical" retirement can be a possibility.

Perhaps his old line manager can help him navigate the information on his LGPS web site?

Gers

My LGPS now has a website which allows members to login to check their own personal 'stuff'. It's very easy to navigate, perhaps it's worth ringing up the administering body to ask about yours.

As for your query, I've always found the staff at my administering authority really helpful and knowledgeable. Yours should be the same. Making an appointment if needed is easy too.

anaita

Thank you all for your advice we will contact our lgps for advice.