{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769906.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":769906,"attributes":{"action":"Stop UK Government and Departments from labelling \"State Pension\" as benefits!","background":"I want the U.K. Government to debate this issue in Parliament and re-classify this as a government scheme that’s a right as we have paid into it as WORKERS!\r\nAs a benefit, they are free to reduce or end it when the proceeds can go towards Working Age Benefits which is growing exponentially.","additional_details":"As State Pension has usually been contributed to over many years/decades, it seems wrong to call it a \"benefit\", and should revert back to what it has always been called, i.e. State Pension.\r\nI strongly object to the inference that I receive a \"benefit\", when I paid into the system for over 50 years!\r\nIf we can get 100,000 signatures we can get our work shy MP’s to debate this in Parliament.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2026-05-14T10:32:18.781Z","updated_at":"2026-06-07T20:42:53.189Z","rejected_at":"2026-06-07T20:42:51.803Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-05-16T07:52:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: \r\nStop defining state pensions as a benefit https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/747342"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}