Changes to pension rules introduced in 2015 mean you've greater access to your pension, but many (Image: Oleksandr Kondriianenko) THE UK Government has “betrayed” thousands of former civil servants after leaving them in the lurch without pension payments for months, an SNP MSP has said. Michelle Campbell, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, wrote to the UK Government’s Pensions Minister to raise “serious concerns” over the issue.