Model motion on Pensions White Paper
This --- opposes the Government's proposals in the Pensions White Paper to raise the state pension age to 68 by 2050. We note with regret that Brendan Barber, as general secretary of the TUC, and other union leaders, have welcomed the White Paper, although it fails to meet the TUC's previously-stated benchmarks. The unions should fight for: A decent state pension for all (regardless of contributions record), indexed to earnings. The indexation to earnings should be immediate and restore the relative value of the state pension as of 1980, i.e. raise it from £82.05 to £119 a week. The White...