Petition · past parliament

Stop War Pension from being treated as an income by the DWP and taxed by HMRC.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

I work as a ssafa volunteer and have come across servicemen and women struggling to live that have come to us for help. Often elderly veterans do not qualify for certain benefits as they appear to earn over the shreshold because they are in receipt of war pension. Job seekers are also affected.
Due to privacy of information details of cases can't be shown but could be provided by ssafa.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

13 Mar 2017 Petition opened for signatures
22 Mar 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Mar 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.