The Board Chair, Cllr Roger Phillips, and Vice-Chair, Jon Richards of Unison, have approved the response that the Board intends to make to the government’s Fit for the future consultation that was published on 14 November 2024.

The Board’s response has been shaped by the views of the elected members, scheme member representatives, practitioners and other advisers that sit on the Board.

The Board wanted to release this response before the deadline of 16 January 2025 to give administering authorities and other interested scheme stakeholders the opportunity to consider the points raised by the Board when finalising their own responses. The Board hopes the early release of its response is useful for administering authorities and the Secretariat would like to thank all those who contributed for their input.

Any comments on this response should be submitted to the Board Secretariat Team at [email protected].