Pensioners
If you are receiving your pension, this section provides details about your LGPS benefits in retirement.
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - Pension Increase 2025
Your pension is adjusted in line with the cost of living every year throughout your retirement.
From April 2025, payments (for eligible pensioners) will increase by 1.7%. This reflects the change in the Consumer Prices Index for the 12 months to September 2024.
East Sussex Pension Fund pensioner newsletter
We are pleased to provide our latest newsletter to help you keep up to date with your Local Government Pension Scheme.
Access the 2024 newsletter here
Take control of your pension online
Our new member self-service website, 'My Pension' is now live. The site has been vastly improved making it simple for you to keep up to date with your pension.
In February this year we moved payslips and P60s online to ‘My Pension’. In order to retain access to your pay information* you’ll need to register for the new version.
*Unless you are opted out of electronic communications.
Find out about 'My Pension' and how to register.Receiving your LGPS pension
Frequently asked questions
Some answers to common questions about your LGPS pension after retirement.
FAQs
Pension payments
Find out when you can expect to receive your pension payments.
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Death in retirement
If you die while you are getting a pension, any benefits payable will depend on when you retired and if you have any dependants when you die.
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Pensioner survey 2023 - the results
This paper details the results of the 2023 survey issued to pensioners of the East Sussex Pension Fund. The annual survey offers members the opportunity to provide direct feedback on whether the Fund is providing you with the right level of support. We use the results to analyse where we are getting things right and where we can improve.
Pensioner Survey 2023 The Results