A new online petition calling for a £200 minimum weekly State Pension payment for men and women who reach the official Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) retirement age has passed the threshold which triggers an official response from the UK Government.
The petition suggests that by creating this baseline payment for everyone, 'irrespective of gender, marital status or National Insurance Contributions ' record would remove any anomalies in the current system, including the growing discrepancy between the old and new State Pensions.
The petition has now received more than the required 10,000 signatures which guarantees a response - most likely from the DWP as it delivers State Pension to more than 12.4 million people across the UK. However, this may take until next month as MPs will not return from summer recess to the Houses of Parliament until September 5, 2022.
