Pension

[KARL]

A pure curiosity question:
Ex-employees of the UK government receive as an entitlement a pension. On the pensioner's death a surviving spouse becomes entitled to the same right but it a reduced rate (half ?). I know of at least two examples where the widow drew on such rights. I somehow imagine it has not always been so but, if the ex-employee and later pensioner is a female, does the surviving male spouse now receive the same residual rights ?

[wolf63]

yes - but I forget the details.
Thanks to the nice Civil Servant pension scheme I retired in 2004 at the age of 40 on health grounds and got my pension.

[THECORBYLOON]

https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/members/publications/
Scroll down to near the bottom and you'll see "Pensions for Partners: A guide" click on that and you'll see a surviving female partner can get a pension.

[KARL]

THECORBYLOON, I think you may just have made a "typo" as I was asking whether a male spouse and survivor of a female pensioner gets the right. In fact looking at your link it seems they do, even if only in confirmed partnership/cohabitation, so long as declared by the pensioner to the pensions authority. Thank you for the link.

[THECORBYLOON]

Yup, quite right

[bhg481]

It used to be the case (and, probably, still is) that the surviving spouse loses the pension entitlement if they remarry or even co-habit.

[Puzzled001]

Karl, glad you raised this question, it's made me check my position.I receive a CS pension and me and 'er indoors' have been together 25yrs.
Thanks Thecorbyloon for the link ,I better get it sorted.