Our Stars at the Debate
Our Stars at the debate were: Dame Nia Griffith – MP for Llanelli “Companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 3M and a number of others that have already been mentioned have treated their pensioners very shabbily indeed, because they are refusing to index-link the pensions of former employees that were accrued before 1997. In other […]
History was made today
The Pensions Schemes Bill 255 debate in the House of Commons 3rd December 2025 & Amendment NC22 Full Debate available here: https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/09c3d00e-39d2-4271-beb8-5c42674a8e5c?in=14:19:11
List of MPs and template
If your MP is not on this list of signatures, please send this message to them asap and copypatricia@hppa.org.uk Signatures as of 24th November 2025: Dame Nia Griffith Tonia AntoniazziElaine StewartSian BerryCarla DenyerNeil Duncan-JordanLillian JonesAyoub KhanKate OsamorSteve Witherden TEMPLATE: Dear [Member of Parliament], You have the power to change the course of my future. A major […]
That’s TV Interview with Pat Kennedy 14 November
Pat describes the amendment NC22 and what it will do for Pre-97 pensioners.
Our amendment to Bill 255 has arrived!
Special thanks to Dame Nia Griffith, Labour MP for Llanelli, and Elaine Stewart, Labour MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, who were both instrumental in making this possible. Pension Bill amendment NC22 – Indexation of Pre1997 Pensions (Page 21) : “This new clause would remove references to 6 April 1997 from section 51 of the Pensions Act 1995 in order […]
Short summary of the Pre-97 issue.
Pre-1997 Injustice The Minister will be well aware that there is no requirement for pension indexation for service before 1997. The Pre-1997 Alliance speaks for more than 50,000 pensioners from the company schemes listed below with the number of years each scheme has been without increases since 2002. We have reason to believe that these […]
Requesting MP support for amendment NC22, Pensions Schemes Bill 255
Please see below the email we would like you to send to your MP. It is fairly lengthy and includes a couple of links to a playlist on YouTube and a link to a summary of the Pre-97 issue that is on the website. The simplest way to do this is to copy the content […]
5 years with HPPA…
The traditional gift for a 5 year anniversary is
wood. HPPA’s own David Carson reflects on his 5th year anniversary with the Pension Justice Campaign. Keep on stirring up “good trouble”!
Suggested Letter to Your MP.
As mentioned in recent HPPA newsletter and as some members asked for a template/guide, here is a suggested communication to your MP – you can download it and amend it accordingly. Please do your best in progressing this as quickly as you can. It looks like the parliamentary debate on May 2nd is definitely […]
Members Update April 2024
Hello everyone, Well, those of us who have received their letters from HPE will be disappointed, but probably not surprised to find that there will be no discretionary increase to pre 1997 pension element this year! We believe that we can achieve our goal. In recent weeks, our campaign has changed gears. More people are […]