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 2 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".

The OPA is affiliated to FairPensions
See its "Trustee Best Practice Guide"

* COPAS website now archived

Is it really too late to halt the decline in DB schemes? Here are some ideas for making them affordable for employers as published by Pensions Week.

Latest News

The Pensions Regulator’s powers on enforcing contribution orders against foreign companies are questioned. More (4 Feb '10)

Anger at IBM's pension rule changes and the absence of any legal protection for scheme members: See debate in House of Commons, or listen here (13 Jan '10)

Another warning about the Pension Protection Fund (13 Jan '10)

Shadow Pensions Minister is looking into allowing DB schemes to abandon indexation (8 Jan '10) More..

Roger Maynard, Chairman of the two BA pensions schemes, has now stood down over the Conflicts of Interest issue. More.. (14 Dec '09)

Financial Times has issued a "Call for action to ensure trustee independence" (28/09/09) See also: Head on Collision of Interests

Angela Eagle, Minister for Pensions, says the government is committed to keeping defined benefit alive and now the CBI's response (27/08/09) but Business think tank calls for 10% cut for pensions in payment to save companies.

More news...

Contact Information:
Roger Turner, Executive Officer,
Tel: 01582 721 652

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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

See OPA policy on Pension Scheme Governance.

OPA supports call to government to honour its commitment for 50% MNTs - Pensions Week, 4/8/08

See "The Decline of DB Pensions" page - recently updated.

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