Petition

Remove the State Pension amount from HMRC Personal Tax Allowance.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

If the State Pension amount was removed from the Personal Tax Allowance it would relieve financial issues from the majority of Pensioners thus reducing need for any Pension credits.
To reduce financial pressure on UK pensioners.

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 one of these petitions, which call for similar action:

"Raise the personal tax allowance to the state pension rate"
Raise the personal tax allowance to the state pension rate

"Introduce new tax code for state pensioners with double the personal allowance"
Introduce new tax code for state pensioners with double the personal allowance

Timeline

12 Dec 2025 Petition opened for signatures
21 Jan 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Jan 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 11 Aug 2026.