The state pension could be hiked to £549 per WEEK if the new Labour Party government bows to pressure. A petition has been created on the Parliamentary website under the title: ‘Give State Pension to all at 60 and increase it to equal 48hrs at Living Wage.’
The petition argues: “We want the Government to make the State Pension available from the age of 60 and increase this to equal 48 hours a week at the National Living Wage. Hence from April 2024, a universal State Pension should be £549.12 per week or about £28,554.24 per year as a right to all including expatriates, age 60 and above.
“We think that Government policy seems intent on the State Pension being a benefit, while increasing the age of entitlement. We want reforms so the State Pension is available from age 60, and linked to the National Living Wage.”
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The government responds to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures and at 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament. A second petition calls for the same and urges: “We want the Government to make the State Pension available from the age of 60, and increase this to equal 48 hours at the National Living Wage. Hence from April 2024 a universal State Pension should be £549.12 per week or £28,554.24 per year as a right to all, age 60 and above.
“Government policy seems intent on the State Pension being a benefit, while increasing the age of entitlement. We want reforms so the State Pension is available from age 60, and linked to the National Living Wage. If we can’t pay a fair Pension, then how can we afford foreign adventurism, nuclear weapons, armies, royals, pageantry, MP’s salaries, etc?”
The government previously responded saying: “The Government has no plans to increase the State Pension to equal 48 hours at the National Living Wage or to be made available from age 60.”