Pay pensioners the equivalent of the living wage of a 35 hour week.
The full rate of the new state pension is currently £11,502.40 a year, while the annual income derived from the living wage for a 35-hour week will from April be above £22,000. We think there is a distressing discrepancy between these two figures.
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 10,000/10,000 · reached
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- 20 JUL 2025Petition closedFinal total: 15,606 signatures
- 11 JUN 2025Government respondedDepartment for Work and PensionsGovernment reply
The Government has no plans to pay pensioners the equivalent of the living wage of a 35-hour week. Support for pensioners is available via the State Pension and a suite of other benefits.
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