Petition · HM Treasury

Exempt people from paying National Insurance Contributions after 35 years

Closed 100 signatures

What the petition asks

I urge the Government to exempt people from paying National Insurance after reaching the 35 years of NI contributions required to receive the basic state pension. I believe we should be able to stop paying after we have reached 35 years of NI contributions.
I believe it to be the unfair of people still paying NI after they have achieved the 35 years. I feel the situation has been made more unfair by raising the state pension age. By the time I retire at 67, I could have paid 16 years more than the 35 years for full pension - that's 51 years NI paid as I worked since the age of 16.

Timeline

16 May 2025 Petition opened for signatures
16 Nov 2025 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 100
Status Closed
Department HM Treasury
Opened 16 May 2025
Closed 16 Nov 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 13 Aug 2026.