Rejected petition Instruct DWP to stop referring to State Retirement Pension as a Benefit!

Any reference to State Pension to be called exactly that!
Nowhere should the State Pension be called a BENEFIT!

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The State Pension is paid as a result of workers paying in to the pension scheme all through their working life. Benefits are payments given to people in need for a whole variety of reasons!
State Pension is NOT 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.

People become eligible for the state pension by paying National Insurance or accruing National Insurance credit, but the state pension is a state benefit and not a pension scheme underpinned by a pension fund.

Other benefits, such as new-style Employment Support Allowance, also have eligibility conditions relating to National Insurance contributions, but this does not mean they are not a state benefit.

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Date submitted 28 February 2022
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