Petition · past parliament

Give equal state pension to every state pensioner

Closed 31 signatures

What the petition asks

Back in April 2016 the government introduced a new state pension of £155/week for state pensioners but if you were already a state pensioner i.e. pre April 2016 your state pension remained the same £125 per week surely this cannot be fair or just why should any state pensioner get £30 a week more.
I am very vexed about this scenario if we were talking of a few pence but this is serious money approx. £30 per week or £120 per month I feel the government has created a two tier pension scheme one for rich state pensioners post April 2016 and one for poor state pensioners pre April 2016 I feel this is totally unfair as I am on the pre 2016 rate after having paid in over 38 years of national insurance contributions why should I receive less money per month than a "new pensioner".

Timeline

20 Oct 2017 Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 31
Status Closed
Opened 20 Oct 2017
Closed 20 Apr 2018

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