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Category: September Newsletter

Nautilus International article 19 Jan 2026 “Pension Justice Now!” 

Pension justice now!

A very supportive article on our Pension Justice campaign from Rob Coston, Communications Manager of the trade union Nautilus International. The General Secretary of Nautilus International is Mark Dickinson who was recently the President of the Trades Union Congress. This article appears on the Nautilus International website and it will be featured in their hard […]

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 […]

TRUTH IS OUT TORSTEN!

Pre-97 Alliance’s response to Torsten Bell and the attitude of parent companies to pensions trustee requests.  Also our response to the recent statements from the Society of Pension Professionals’ (SPP).

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 […]

Activity over September and October

HPPA and the Pre-97 Alliance members created several important high-profile events throughout September and October. It began with Patricia & David Carson contacting Elaine Stewart, the Labour MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock right after her election in July 2024.