Rejected petition Stop referring to the State Pension as a Benefit

I want the Government and DWP to stop calling the State Pension a Benefit.

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I want this action to be recognised by all concerned because the State Pension is not a benefit. People have paid into the system all of their working lives. It is an insult to those of us who have worked hard and believe it our right to have our pensions described as to what they are and not as a benefit.

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.

The State Pension is described in legislation as a “benefit” in order to root it within the existing social security framework as a statutory scheme paid out of monies in the National Insurance Fund. This legal description provides consistency with other contributory benefits, of which there are several.

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Date submitted 3 August 2020
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