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In 2025-26, scheme income was £22.9 billion and expenditure was £20.0 billion.","The scheme had 6.93 million members at March 2026: 2.17 million contributing employees and 2.28 million pensioners. There were 116,115 retirements in 2025-26, up 4.8% from the previous year. 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