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Please check the email address carefully. Our emails to members come from members@news.uss.co.uk. If you are concerned someone might be impersonating USS, please let us know by emailing mydata@uss.co.uk.

If you’re still in a USS eligible role up to age 75, you can re-join USS at any time – speak to your employer first. They will then send a joiner notification to us. You’ll then be able to continue saving for your future.

Contributions are paid by active members and their employers. You will pay in 6.1% of your salary each month and you get tax relief on your contributions, so some of the money that you normally pay towards tax goes into your pension instead.

Yes, we have reported this to ICO and will work with them on any investigation they choose to conduct and any recommendations they might subsequently make to USS.

The details, dating from 2021, cover around 470,000 active, deferred and retired members. While we await receipt of the specific data from Capita, we have arranged for all current members of the scheme to have access to a leading identity protection service, free of charge.

With effect from 6 April 2023 the LTA tax charge was abolished. However, certain LTA protections may still provide you with a higher amount of tax-free cash under the new LSA and LSDBA allowances.

Contact our Technical Policy Team at pensionspolicy@uss.co.uk as soon as possible to discuss your options.

You’re now receiving your pension and hopefully enjoying your retirement. But it’s still important to make sure your money works for you. Take a look through the information below to help you keep on top of your pension.

You’re now receiving your pension and hopefully enjoying your retirement. But it’s still important to make sure your money works for you. Take a look through the information below to help you keep on top of your pension.