Petition · past parliament

Increase the old State Pension

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Increase the Old State Pension to the same level as the New State Pension to remove the unfair differential.
It is unfair for Pensioners who have paid full National Insurance Contributions to receive a substantially lower State Pension which creates a two tier system based unfairly on age.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:

Increase the basic State Pension to align with the new State Pension
Increase the basic State Pension to align with the new State Pension

Or this petition:

Increase State pensions to £380 a week, and lower retirement age to 60
Increase State pensions to £380 a week, and lower retirement age to 60

Timeline

23 Sep 2022 Petition opened for signatures
29 Sep 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 Sep 2022

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