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<p>Police pensions were reformed in 2015 in line with the Government’s wider review
of public service pensions. The 2015 Police Pension Scheme provides valuable benefits
for police officers, including survivor benefits paid for life.</p><p><br>The Government
also made changes to the existing Police Pension Regulations 1987 in relation to survivor
benefits, with effect from April 2015. The Government accepted that there were compelling
arguments to allow surviving spouses or civil partners, where a police officer has
died as a result of an injury on duty, to receive survivor benefits for life.</p>
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