UCU: Defend and improve the state pension

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes that:
1. a decent non-means-tested State Pension benefits all UCU members.
2. the New and Basic State Pensions are inadequate in level and indexation
3. From April 2025, the weekly New and Basic State Pensions will be £230 and
£176 respectively, while the officially defined poverty level is £456 (60% of
the median wage).
4. Frozen tax thresholds mean more people will pay tax on their state
pensions.
5. No Government has specified what a fair pension should be or on what
criteria it should be based.
6. The Triple Lock reversed erosion of State Pensions but may never raise them
to an acceptable level.
Congress opposes moves to introduce means-testing of the state pension.
Congress instructs NEC to liaise with the RMC, TUC and the NPC to press the
Government to determine a fair level and method of indexation of the pension
system, and a date for these goals to be achieved.