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Pensions are constantly evolving and there may be changes that affect your membership, so it’s important to keep up to date with what’s happening.
2026 increase to pensions
30 Jan 2026
The Scheme’s Final Salary pensions will increase by 4.5% in line with the Retail Prices Index for September 2025.
Broadstone will issue pension increase letters in April confirming your annual increase, which will take effect from 1 April 2026.
Final Salary members
If your Final Salary pension came into payment on or after 2 April 2025 then you will only receive a proportion of this increase. And if you are above Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) age then different increases will be applied to parts of your Final Salary pension.
SLC CARE members
If you’re a member of the reformed SLC category, your Final Salary element of your pension will increase as outlined above. Your CARE pension will increase by 3.8% from 1 April 2026, in line with the Consumer Price Index for September 2025. This increase applies regardless of when you retired.