Occupational Pensioners' Alliance
The OPA is a democratic, non-party-political organisation of occupational pensioners' associations in the UK. OPA was formed in October 2003 from a merger of the Confederation of Occupational Pensioners' Associations (COPAS)* and the Alliance of Occupational Pensioners (AoP).

Together now, the OPA represents the interests of over 1 million occupational pensioners from across the country and beyond. Speaking with one voice enables us more powerfully to engage with Government and Parliament on behalf of our members.

See "The Scope and Objectives of the OPA".

* COPAS website now archived

Webmaster: Gordon Williams

Latest News

OPA slams TPR for failing to police its Codes of Practice. More.

Pension funds are at risk from takeovers by unregulated insurers such as the Pension Corporation which are not covered either by the Financial Service Compensation Scheme or the PPF. More..

In contrast with many DB schemes the NI fund has a £46 billion surplus - see GAD report

Betrayal of Deferred Pensioners There is to be a reduction in the cap on the revaluation of deferred pensions from 5% to 2.5% See OPA's response

OPA submits response to draft regulations which even Standard Life has described as a charter for rip offs.

Degulatory review dismisses proposal to remove indexation of pensions in payment. See OPA comment

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Contact Information:
Roger Turner, Executive Officer,
Tel: 01582 663 880
rogerturner@opalliance.org.uk

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Office for National Statistics "Pension Trends": 62 per cent of pensioner couples have total pension income of less than £10,000, and half of single pensioners had less than £6,000.

Calculate your own rate of inflation using the ONS calculator. (See also OPA's views on indexation.)

Have you ever wondered why your pension increase is not as great as the RPI? See here

Summary of Recent Responses to Consultations