As it appears the goal posts are being moved yet again by the Gvnmt, I have discovered a future problem for some BBC Pensioners of a certain catagory.

If like me you left BBC employment due to ill health way before your SPA and also took the levelling option we could/will have a problem.

When taking the LO I first ensured that I had 30 years of NI contributions which will provide a full SP which would cover the BBC reduction between 65 and 75.

Then the goal posts were moved for the first time regarding SPA...mine has gone from 65 to 66.

The BBC Pension service has already kindly agreed that anyone whose SP date has been changed from 65 the LO will remain payable up until SPA has been reached..but will still only reduce the BBC Pension until the age of 75.

Today the goal posts have been moved again in repect of how many years NI contributions you need for a future full SP, instead of 30 you will need 35. This is only if you will begin drawing your SP after 2017....anyone such as my self will therefore have a reduced SP.

The reduction in the SP will (once the LO reduction is applied to the BBC pension) reduce the aggregated (BBC/SP) pension income.....as it said at the time of taking the LO ensure you will have a full SP payable..if not your income will reduce considerably until the age of 75.

This is exactly the situation I now find myself in through no fault of my own.

I thought I would flag this up incase there is anyone out there who will not get there SP until after 2017 and who has taken the LO at the moment.

I know there will be less and less people involved with the LO as it was abandoned by the BBC Pension service last Sept.

I am contacting the Pension service today to flag up the problem and hopefully in the fullness of time I will get an answer as to what may be done.

I suspect that nothing can be done though....as we are in strange times.