Rejected petition Make the retirement age for men and women the same.

Men die on average about four years earlier than women. Yet they retire five years later. This is an inequality that needs to be resolved in a modern 'equal opportunities for all' country like Great Britain.

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http://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/bulletins/nationallifetablesunitedkingdom/2015-09-23

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Parliament has already passed legislation to equalise the state pension age. You can find out more about this here:

http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06546/SN06546.pdf

If you would like these changes to be implemented more quickly, you could start a petition asking for that.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 17 May 2016
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