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By *ingdomNightTimePleasures OP   Man
12 weeks ago

nearby

On 1 December 2025, management of Civil Service Pensions was handed over to Capita. Capita said it inherited a backlog of around 86,000 cases – comprising claims, pension valuations and other administrative requests. However, it's been confirmed that thousands have suffered payment problems since then. (Money saving expert)

Anecdotally civil service employees locally said they are about to retire. Can’t get any pension figures from Capita. Thousands of people have actually retired and not receiving their pensions let alone projections from wannabe retirees

Including the backlog apparently it’s now up to 120,000 cases. Crapita are recruiting extra staff to deal with the backlog

What a shambles. Compensation due at tax payer cost.

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By *enny PR9TV/TS
12 weeks ago

Southport

If this is the same Capita that sends me letters once a month for the past god knows how many years, that I'm under investigation for non-payment of the tv licence. Then I'm not surprised by their incompetents. As during all this time, their investigations haven't even come up with my name.

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By *hrill CollinsMan
12 weeks ago

The Outer Rim

because outsourcing is an efficient way of spending taxpayers cash

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By *otMe66Man
12 weeks ago

Terra Firma

This is a perfect example of public sector nuance! The schemes are so varied, the numbers inside those schemes are rising exponentially and finally a handover to another party to manage this when the wheels were already coming off was always going to end like this.

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By (user no longer on site)
12 weeks ago

To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s.

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By *wosmilersCouple
12 weeks ago

Heathrowish


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s."

A load of testicles....give examples rather than petty unfounded prejudice.

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By *ornucopiaMan
12 weeks ago

Bexley


"If this is the same Capita that sends me letters once a month for the past god knows how many years, that I'm under investigation for non-payment of the tv licence. Then I'm not surprised by their incompetents. As during all this time, their investigations haven't even come up with my name. "

That is most likely because rhey can't send junk mail to a named recipient who has opted out of receiving it.

They get away with it by calling us the occupier.

I return it saying 'Not known at this address' but it still comes.

I'd be a rich man if I'd got £1 for every TV licensing letter over the decades!

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By *arry and MegsCouple
11 weeks ago

Ipswich

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By *arry and MegsCouple
11 weeks ago

Ipswich


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s."

I guess from the amount of time you spend on fab you speak from experience ?

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s.

I guess from the amount of time you spend on fab you speak from experience ?"

Haha 🤣

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s.

A load of testicles....give examples rather than petty unfounded prejudice. "

Have you seen the terrible productivity figures for the Civil Service?

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By *e-OptimistMan
11 weeks ago

Stalybridge


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s.

A load of testicles....give examples rather than petty unfounded prejudice.

Have you seen the terrible productivity figures for the Civil Service?"

If they were terrible they wouldn't be produced by the Civil Service. If someone else produced them they might be considered biased. Just a thought.

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s.

A load of testicles....give examples rather than petty unfounded prejudice.

Have you seen the terrible productivity figures for the Civil Service?

If they were terrible they wouldn't be produced by the Civil Service. If someone else produced them they might be considered biased. Just a thought."

The ONS produces such figures. Not on a Friday though when they work from home.

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By *bsolutely nutsMan
11 weeks ago

Dover


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s.

A load of testicles....give examples rather than petty unfounded prejudice.

Have you seen the terrible productivity figures for the Civil Service?

If they were terrible they wouldn't be produced by the Civil Service. If someone else produced them they might be considered biased. Just a thought.

The ONS produces such figures. Not on a Friday though when they work from home."

The staff are poorly led...they work, and taking up the point that the poster made, an example or two may restore some credibility to your argument, but they can only work within to the policies and ambition of the policy makers. If you have read the details behind the ONS figures, you would be more informed about where these faults lay.

Of course, if you haven't seen the detail, then I am sure that you will be rushing to view it rather than taking the Daily Sport headline without looking more objectively.

Besides, looking at the problem from the outside, if the Civil Service cannot encourage more people to leave with an easy route to exit, then you, me and everyone else who pays their taxes (assumingthat you work and pay taxes), will find that the costs of compulsory redundancy will be very high when it need not necessarily be so.

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By *wosmilersCouple
11 weeks ago

Heathrowish

I think that we'll forgive him for using structural weakness examples to incorrectly indict people who put in individual effort for the country.

It's called care in the (fab) community

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By *ouple49Couple
11 weeks ago

Cheshire


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s.

A load of testicles....give examples rather than petty unfounded prejudice.

Have you seen the terrible productivity figures for the Civil Service?"

You mean there’s actually some productivity to measure in the first place? lol

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago


"To be fair many civil servants effectively retire in their 40s.

A load of testicles....give examples rather than petty unfounded prejudice.

Have you seen the terrible productivity figures for the Civil Service?

You mean there’s actually some productivity to measure in the first place? lol "

🤭

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago


"I think that we'll forgive him for using structural weakness examples to incorrectly indict people who put in individual effort for the country.

It's called care in the (fab) community "

🤔

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By *oorlandtwoCouple
11 weeks ago

Stoke on Trent

When do they actually start? Asking for a friend

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By *verysmileMan
11 weeks ago

Canterbury

6am or 7am in my local docks for a full and busy 12 hour shift depending on the department who successfully work to protect people from guns, drugs, illicit tobacco.....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

7am for the local police....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

7am in the local hospital, keeping people alive ....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here. oh,yes...NHS productivity up by 1.5% annually over the past 7 years from the much touted ONS stats)

6am at the local fire station....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

Entirely up to you to dispute the value of these services, especially where you may need them. I wouldn't.

The point about the pension problems stems from not putting enough staff to deal with them. While privatisation works in many areas, it clearly has failed the public here. (Thinking of the costs to the tax paing public of the interest, penalties and loss of opportunity to easily shed staff voluntarily rather than being made compulsorily redundant (at a huge extra cost because they won't leave without an assurance of getting their pensions on time..... a legal requirement by the provider which is being avoided).

Personally, I don't want my taxes paying for the inadequacy of the administrator.

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago


"6am or 7am in my local docks for a full and busy 12 hour shift depending on the department who successfully work to protect people from guns, drugs, illicit tobacco.....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

7am for the local police....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

7am in the local hospital, keeping people alive ....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here. oh,yes...NHS productivity up by 1.5% annually over the past 7 years from the much touted ONS stats)

6am at the local fire station....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

Entirely up to you to dispute the value of these services, especially where you may need them. I wouldn't.

The point about the pension problems stems from not putting enough staff to deal with them. While privatisation works in many areas, it clearly has failed the public here. (Thinking of the costs to the tax paing public of the interest, penalties and loss of opportunity to easily shed staff voluntarily rather than being made compulsorily redundant (at a huge extra cost because they won't leave without an assurance of getting their pensions on time..... a legal requirement by the provider which is being avoided).

Personally, I don't want my taxes paying for the inadequacy of the administrator."

Possibly you are confusing civil service and public services.

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By *wosmilersCouple
11 weeks ago

Heathrowish


"6am or 7am in my local docks for a full and busy 12 hour shift depending on the department who successfully work to protect people from guns, drugs, illicit tobacco.....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

7am for the local police....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

7am in the local hospital, keeping people alive ....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here. oh,yes...NHS productivity up by 1.5% annually over the past 7 years from the much touted ONS stats)

6am at the local fire station....not sure that they are as inactive as some seem to imply on here.

Entirely up to you to dispute the value of these services, especially where you may need them. I wouldn't.

The point about the pension problems stems from not putting enough staff to deal with them. While privatisation works in many areas, it clearly has failed the public here. (Thinking of the costs to the tax paing public of the interest, penalties and loss of opportunity to easily shed staff voluntarily rather than being made compulsorily redundant (at a huge extra cost because they won't leave without an assurance of getting their pensions on time..... a legal requirement by the provider which is being avoided).

Personally, I don't want my taxes paying for the inadequacy of the administrator.

Possibly you are confusing civil service and public services."

The Civil Service consists of non-political employees who support the government in developing and implementing policies and delivering public services.....admittedly a cut and paste.

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