An online petition calling for a minimum weekly State Pension payment of £380 for all men and women over the age of 60 was recently rejected by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The petition also urged the UK Government to lower the age of retirement back to 60.
However, the DWP recently responded to the petition, created by Michael Thompson, saying that the UK Government “has no plans to increase State Pension to £380 per week or reduce State Pension age to 60 ” but that hasn’t put people off showing their support for the suggestion. The petition has now received more than 101,100 signatures of support, which means the issue could be debated in Parliament.
The petitions-parliament website states: “Parliament considers all petitions that get more than 100,000 signatures for a debate.” The website also states that the petition has been waiting three days for a date.
