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Rejected petition: Stop the government taking 40% of my pension pot when I die

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I want the government not to proceed with their plan to take 40% of peoples pension when they die.

The money belongs to me and I should have the freedom to leave it to my children or whoever I wish.


Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700306

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