Parliament must debate increasing State pensions for all elderly retired people.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

THIS INCREASED PAYMENT IS OVERDUE. There are 12 million pensioners in Britain. They have been forgotten by the government, and the media, since the pensions and earnings link was cut by the former and late right wing Tory leader Margaret Thatcher in 1980.

We the petitioners demand the State pension is increased substantially and universally, and re-linked to male average earnings, or inflation, whichever the higher to protect the value of the State pension...

So far Government have refused to act saying there is no money, but there is billions of pounds in the National Insurance “surplus~”.

Winter deaths claim 200 pensioners every day.

Millions of elderly people in Britain today are living in poverty, having to choose between eating, and heating their homes because the UK's State pension is so low.

Why it was rejected

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

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about the level of state pensions, but there is already a statutory requirement to uprate the State Pension every year at least in line with earnings: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7812/

If you would like the Government to increase the State Pension you could start a new petition requesting this, but you should be clear about how much you want it to be increased by.

Timeline

27 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
4 May 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 4 May 2021

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