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It follows a detailed review of the long-term financial factors associated with investing in certain sectors. It found that traditional financial models widely used by the whole of the market to predict the future performance in these sectors, had not considered specific risks such as political and regulatory attitudes, which we think will damage the financial prospects of businesses involved in these sectors in the years to come.

If you have Investment Builder savings, you can make investment choices by logging into My USS. Before making or refraining from making any decisions on your investments, we recommend you speak to an independent financial adviser.

TPR is the public body that protects workplace pensions in the UK. They make sure schemes are run properly and can take enforcement action if schemes don’t comply with the law.

If you were a USS member before 2016, you would’ve built your benefits in a different way to how you do now with the Retirement Income Builder and the Investment Builder. And if you left USS and later re-joined, you may have built up a mixture of benefits.

You’ll need to let HMRC know on your self-assessment tax return. You can find more information about paying your AA tax charge on the HMRC website.

Watch our videos to find out how the JNC’s proposed changes could affect your pension, if implemented.

Changes to USS pension benefits

Yes, as long as you let us know before you start taking your pension. This is so we can take off the correct amount before it starts being paid to you.

When I reached the age of 21, it was still compulsory to join a pension scheme and it was a bit of a shock when I got my next payslip to see a pension contribution deduction and net pay. But fast forward to now, and I’m grateful it was compulsory.