On Monday the Church of England’s General Synod voted overwhelmingly in favour of a Private Members Motion supported by over two thousand clergy.  As the campaign built over the spring and early summer over 700 priests signed a letter to the Church Times led by Rev Marcus Gibbs, and an unprecedented 192 members of the… Read more: Clergy Pension Poverty To be Prevented after Grassroots Clergy Campaign Synod Success

After a successful campaign from Clergy Pension Action, the Church of England has this morning announced proposed major improvements to the Clergy pension scheme. In a press release today, the Church has announced proposals to restore the target pension level to two-thirds of pensionable stipend, and to also increase active pension that have come into… Read more: Church of England announce significant Pension proposals

A Private Members’ Motion for the General Synod calling for urgent action on clergy pensions has been launched. The motion calls for urgent action to restore (retrospectively) pensions to the 1997 levels and to plan for a more just pension settlement moving forward. Private Members’ Motions are motions sponsored by ordinary synod members. Once 100… Read more: Synod Private Members’ Motion calling for Clergy Pension Action launched

Church of England vicars are demanding an increase in pensions amid claims that many face an impoverished old age, with some forced to rely on food banks or move in with adult children. Almost 2,000 C of E clergy have joined an action group on Facebook in the past few weeks and 700 signed a… Read more: Guardian – C of E vicars call for ’urgent and decisive action’ on increasing their pensions

The leader in this week’s Church Times recognises “the inadequacy of clergy pension provision” that led over 700 clergy to write calling for a restoration of the 2/3 stipend pension provision. You can read the Leader here and see Madeleine Davies’ main article here.