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, est. 1993) and the Alliance of Occupational Pensioners (AoP, est 2001).

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". Also OPA policy on Pension Scheme Governance.

The Membership Renewal Form for the year ending 31.12.2012 can now be downloaded here.

E-petition - Bad News! Despite the fact that the e-petition on the RPI/CPI issue has now secured 106,000 signatures, there will after all be no debate on this issue because not a single MP has come forward to sponsor one. This is disgraceful! Lobby your MP NOW!

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

Latest News

New threat on inflation protection of pensions from Steve Webb, Pensions Minister (14 Jan '12)

RPI/CPI: Appeal against the Judicial Review ruling. (13 Jan '12)

RPI CPI - Outcome of Judicial Review Hearing (6 Dec '11)

Office for Budget Responsibilty forecasts CPI / RPI gap will widen to 1.8% by 2016. (1 Dec '11)

AgeUK Silver RPI celebrates its first anniversary (14 Nov '11)

The average gross pensioner household income is £18,834. From that £5,124 is paid out in tax! (5 Oct '11)

"it is a popular delusion that DB schemes are too expensive" (23 Sept. '11) Full report here.

"RPI vs CPI: The Row Goes On" (Straight Statistics, updated Sept '11)

See "RPI versus CPI - The Definitive Account" from the Royal Statistical Society (29 Aug '11) and also Use of the CPI for cost-of-living adjustments by Mark Courtney

65-74 yr olds continue to suffer the highest rate of inflation (5.4%) (Alliance Trust, 13 Sept '11)

Will the proposed CPIH include Council Tax? Don't be fooled!

See Differences between the RPI and CPI and also the OPA views on RPI / CPI switch and response to consultation.

More news... (Now with latest news feed.)

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

More contact details...

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.

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

See "The Decline of DB Pensions"

DWP report on risk sharing in DB pension schemes shows how DB schemes CAN be affordable. (31 March '10) See also DB v DC

Summary of Recent OPA Responses to Consultations

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