Updated MU Subscription Rates for 2023 In order to continue providing members with the best possible service and benefits the MU Executive Committee has approved an increase to membership subscription fees to apply from 1 January 2023. Published: 14 December 2022 | 1:30 PM Updated: 16 December 2022 | 1:33 PM We are also focusing our efforts on ways to increase members’ income, through royalty distribution, unpaid fee recovery, and negotiating uplifts in pay. Photo credit: Shutterstock We appreciate this is a very difficult time for members and therefore the increase is significantly less than inflationary. We are also focusing our efforts on ways to increase members’ income, through royalty distribution, unpaid fee recovery, and negotiating uplifts in pay. Annual subscription rates will now be as follows: Standard membership – £239 (with political levy £243.78) Disabled musicians’ membership – £138.93 (with political levy £141.71) Joint (EIS, NEU, RCO, UCU) – £119.50 (with political levy £121.89) Joint (Ivors Academy) – £179.25 (with political levy £182.84) Student – £20 (with political levy £20.40) Retired – £138.93 (with political levy £141.71) Support for our members Following the Subscription Holiday and Hardship Fund support offered during the Covid-19 pandemic, members can still apply for Benevolent Fund and other financial assistance Our expert colleagues have collected over a £1 million in unpaid fees and royalties for members in 2022 so far We’re regularly updating our dedicated cost-of-living crisis guidance page The recent, very successful, Members’ Conference further highlighted the MU’s commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion Student membership remains £20 (annual) Please make the most of all our member-only benefits See all news
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