MP on the 2025 budget: no increase in minimum wages and pensions is planned
Kyiv • UNN
The draft budget for 2025 does not provide for an increase in the minimum wage and pensions. Social payments will remain at the level of 2024, with only annual pension indexation.
In 2025, social indicators will not be increased. In particular, there will be no increase in the minimum wage and minimum pension. This was stated by Lesya Zaburanna, MP from the Servant of the People party and representative of the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee, during a telethon, a UNN correspondent reports.
By and large, we were not able to increase social indicators in 2025. There are no plans to raise the minimum wage or minimum pension. Only annual indexation of pensions is envisaged, in accordance with the law of Ukraine. Unfortunately, the budget does not provide for additional funds to increase social indicators and indeed has not been allocated
At the same time, she said, all payments that were made in 2024 will remain at the same level in 2025.
That is, nothing is reduced or removed. Everything envisaged by the law at the level of 2024 will be implemented in 2025
Addendum
The Government approved the draft State Budget for 2025 for the second reading.
On November 8, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine reported that the draft state budget for 2025 proposes to provide the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications with an additional UAH 488.4 million, of which UAH 200 million is for strategic communications projects and promotion of Ukraine's positive image abroad. Separately, UAH 150 million is provided to support Ukrainians abroad and facilitate their return to Ukraine through the activities of the Agency of Ukrainian Unity under the Ministry of Economy.
