Teachers' Pensions and Car Insurance Compensation

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4.2 • 804 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The National Association of Head Teachers has written to the Department for Education demanding it take action to address what it describes as the failing Teachers' Pensions Scheme. The union has told Money Box it's shocked at the number of members contacting it for help describing a litany of delays, miscommunication and the failure to carry out even basic services leaving many in financial disarray. The government says it understands these problems have caused frustration and it's continuing to work closely with Teachers’ Pensions to resolve these issue as soon as possible.

This year's Winter Fuel Payment in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is going to all pensioners but instead of everyone keeping it, those who have an income of more than £35,000 will have it taken back by HMRC. How will that work in practice?

Fake news stories about the state pension have been worrying many listeners. We'll have some advice on what to look out for.

And tens of thousands of motorists could be eligible for a share of £200m in compensation after insurers paid them too little on their claims.

Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporters: Dan Whitworth and Catherine Lund Researchers: Eimear Devlin and Jo Krasner Editor: Jess Quayle Senior News Editor: Sara Wadeson

(First broadcast 12pm Saturday 27th September 2025)

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0:28.2	on small businesses across America. They anger, the frustration, the fear. Cyberhack, evil core.
0:35.5	Listen first on BBC Sounds. Hello, welcome to this Moneybox podcast.
0:41.0	Are you among hundreds of thousands of motorists underpaid by £200 million when their vehicle was
0:46.9	stolen or written off? Winter fuel payments will be arriving soon, but we can reveal the government
0:52.5	will be taking them back twice from
0:54.8	better-off pensioners. And we fact-check fake news stories about the state pension, which have
1:01.0	been worrying many listeners. But first, teachers who retire in England and Wales are facing
1:06.4	long and growing delays before their pension is paid. The teacher's pension scheme is one of the
1:12.0	biggest in the country with 2 million members, but Moneybox can exclusively reveal the National
1:17.7	Association of Head Teachers is so concerned about how the scheme is being managed. It's written
1:23.1	to the Department for Education to demand action over how the outsourcing firm capita is running it.
1:30.1	Moneybox has also had many emails from worried teachers.
1:33.4	Dan Whitworth went to Berry and Greater Manchester to talk to one, Joanne Hurst,
1:37.6	a primary school head whose pension payments should have begun nearly a month ago.
1:44.0	Good morning. Hello. Hello. Hello month ago. Good morning.
1:44.9	Hello.
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