Make the retirement age for men and women the same.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Men die on average about four years earlier than women. Yet they retire five years later. This is an inequality that needs to be resolved in a modern 'equal opportunities for all' country like Great Britain.

http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2015-09-23

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Parliament has already passed legislation to equalise the state pension age. You can find out more about this here:

http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06546/SN06546.pdf

If you would like these changes to be implemented more quickly, you could start a petition asking for that.

Timeline

17 May 2016	Petition opened for signatures
18 May 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 May 2016

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