The Pensions Committee
The Pensions Committee is responsible for carrying out the Council's functions as the delegated decision making body of the Administering Authority for the management of the Cumbria Local Government Pension Scheme ("the Pension Fund") which includes its involvement in the Border to Coast Pension Partnership (BCPP) as the Council's approved Pension Pool
The members of the Pensions Committee are made up of elected Members from Westmorland and Furness Council and other employers in the Fund, as well two employee representatives.
The Pensions Committee:
- Doug Rathbone (Chair)
- Giles Archibald (Vice-Chair)
- Barbara Cannon (Cumberland Council)
- Andy Coles
- Andy Connell
- Les Hall
- Jane Murphy
- Graham Simpkins
- Peter Thornton
- Gillian Troughton (Cumberland Council)
- Joanne Wear (GMB Union Representative)
- Tracey Barber (Unison Union Representative)
- Derek Brook (Reserve)
- Hilary Carrick (Reserve)
- Hazel Hodgson (Reserve)
- Neil Hughes (Reserve)
- Carni McCarron-Holmes (Cumberland Council) (Reserve)
Planned dates for future Pension Committee meetings are as follows:
Date | Time | Location |
17 Sep 24 | 13:30-17:00 meeting | Leeds - BCPP Offices |
10 Dec 24 | 10:00 | TBC |
10 Mar 25 | 10:00 | TBC |
17 Jun 25 | 10:00 | TBC |
16 Sep 25 | TBC | TBC |
09 Dec 25 | 10:00 | TBC |