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Bring the official retirement age down to 60 for both men and women.
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
Parliament must Increase State Pensions to £400 a week per pensioner, and fund free adult social care for all, so nobody will have to sell their hard worked for home to fund their own Residential care.
National insurance is expected to raise £147 billion for the Treasury in the 2021-22 tax year, compared with £198 billion from income tax and £128 billion from VAT. We want the Government to increase the basic and new state pension to £400 a week plus free adult Social Care for all.
This is what we pay National Insurance contributions for when we are working!
This is what we pay National Insurance contributions for when we are working!
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.
Your petition contains several requests, some of which are not related to the title of your petition.
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You may wish to sign these petitions instead:
Move the state pension age back to 60 for men and women:
Move the state pension age back to 60 for men and women
Bring forward the April 2023 State Pension increase:
Bring forward the April 2023 State Pension increase
Increase the basic state pensions by £500 a year as an emergency measure:
Increase the basic state pensions by £500 a year as an emergency measure
Increase the state pension to £19,760 a year (£380 a week):
Increase the state pension to £19,760 a year (£380 a week)
Your petition contains several requests, some of which are not related to the title of your petition.
You could start new petitions explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition calling for the Government to make specific changes to the current adult social care system and a new petition calling for a specific increase to the state pension.
You may wish to sign these petitions instead:
Move the state pension age back to 60 for men and women:
Move the state pension age back to 60 for men and women
Bring forward the April 2023 State Pension increase:
Bring forward the April 2023 State Pension increase
Increase the basic state pensions by £500 a year as an emergency measure:
Increase the basic state pensions by £500 a year as an emergency measure
Increase the state pension to £19,760 a year (£380 a week):
Increase the state pension to £19,760 a year (£380 a week)
Timeline
| 25 May 2022 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 30 May 2022 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
30 May 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.