Offer the State Pension to all at 60, increase to equal 48hrs at the Living Wage
- 52,056 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 57,035 - 46 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to make the State Pension available from the age of 60, and increase this to equal 48 hours at the National Living Wage. Hence from April 2024 a universal State Pension should be £549.12 per week or £28,554.24 per year as a right to all, age 60 and above.
The Government responsed to this petition on 30th January 2024 (View Full Response)Make State Pensions tax free
- 45,179 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 49,233 - 96 added in the past 24hrs)
The Government should remove income tax on State Pension payments, to reduce the tax burden on pensioners.
The Government responsed to this petition on 29th January 2024 (View Full Response)Add a mobility element to Attendance Allowance
- 11,087 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 31,857 - 734 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to reform Attendance Allowance so that people with mobility issues can get a mobility element for this benefit, and so access the Motability Scheme. This would bring Attendance Allowance in line with PIP and DLA.
Do not introduce regular bank account checks for benefit claimants
- 23,741 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 24,890 - 22 added in the past 24hrs)
Most benefit claimants are not fraudsters, and we believe Ministers are taking too aggressive an approach towards benefit claimants, in a way which denies freedom and rights of privacy, and seems to treat all benefit claimants like fraudsters.
The Government responsed to this petition on 5th February 2024 (View Full Response)Honour the triple lock in full in April 2024
- 22,563 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 22,587 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
The Conservative party's manifesto promised to keep the triple lock. This increases state pension by the highest of inflation, wage growth or 2.5%. Headline wage growth was 8.5% in May to July 2023, but there is speculation that Government might use a lower figure. The full increase should apply.
The Government responsed to this petition on 24th November 2023 (View Full Response)Extend cost of living payments to low income households beyond February 2024
- 18,056 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 19,320 - 13 added in the past 24hrs)
I don't think the cost of living crisis is going away anytime soon, however the Government intend to make the final payment in February 2024. I think many low income households are going to be feeling the impact of rising cost of living and will need support throughout the year.
The Government responsed to this petition on 1st February 2024 (View Full Response)Do not let the Government access information on pensioners' bank accounts.
- 14,468 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 15,775 - 30 added in the past 24hrs)
Clause 128 and schedule 11 of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill would, if agreed by Parliament, allow the Government to receive certain information on the bank accounts of people in receipt of the state pension.
The Government responsed to this petition on 15th February 2024 (View Full Response)Raise the personal tax allowance to £15,000
- 9,415 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 12,865 - 28 added in the past 24hrs)
We think the Government should put up the personal tax allowance to £15,000. This could help people on a low wage and help with the increase in the cost of living.
Provide all pensioners born before April 1951 with the new State Pension
- 11,140 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 12,595 - 11 added in the past 24hrs)
We would like the Government to provide all pensioners born before 6 April 1951 with the new state pension. The full new State Pension is over £200 more a month than the full basic pension. We believe this is unfair, and unjustifiable.
Public Inquiry into the Child Maintenance Service
- 7,488 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 7,610 - 28 added in the past 24hrs)
We are concerned that incorrect assessments and inflation of amounts owed by paying parents, combined with excessive use of enforcement action, has caused significant distress to many paying parents, leading in some cases to catastrophic consequences. We want a Public Inquiry to investigate this.