This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Increase the state pension
Start paying the state pension at the equivalent of the National Minimum Wage for an average working week (currently 37 hours)
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The NMW is what the government expect people to live on but the state pension is approximately half of the NMW, the government is contradicting itself if it is setting a minimum wage but expecting pensioners to live on half of that.
This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months