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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Update over DWP lowering state pension age to 60 for certain state pensioners
A petition demanding the state pension be LOWERED to the age of 60 for certain state pensioners has hit its first milestone. The petition, on the Parliamentary website, has racked up 300 names in support as it gathers pace. The petition urges: " Allow elderly disabled people to claim the state pension early. We think that any disabled person aged 60 who has been unemployed for at least 5 years should be given the choice to retire and claim the state pension immediately." It adds: "We think that keeping people on DWP unemployment list when there is no chance of them ever becoming employed again is extra work for the DWP and extra stress for the disabled person. READ MORE: Two-week warning to 418,0000 British Gas, Octopus, EDF, EON and OVO customers READ MORE: Nationwide makes £28,000 change and it kicks in 'from Friday' for customers READ MORE UK faces 550-mile wall of rain but nine counties in England will be spared "We think that once someone is above 60 years old and are unemployed their likelihood of being employable is extremely reduced." 10,000 signatures are required to get a government response and at 10,000 signatures, the Labour Party government will respond to this petition. At 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament. It was created by George Bolgar with a deadline of 6 November 2025. All petitions run for 6 months - giving it plenty of time to smash the 10k barrier. Everyone eligible for the basic State Pension has now reached State Pension age. To get it you need to have enough National Insurance qualifying years. You also need to be either a man born before 6 April 1951 or woman born before 6 April 1953. If you were born on or after these dates, you'll claim the new State Pension instead. You will have already claimed your basic State Pension unless you delayed (deferred) your State Pension. Your State Pension age is the earliest age you can start receiving your State Pension. It may be different to the age you can get a workplace or personal pension. You can keep working after you reach State Pension age. 'Default retirement age' (a forced retirement age of 65) no longer exists.
Daily Record
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Record
New calls to give State Pension payments ‘immediately' to disabled people over 60
An online petition is calling on the UK Government to change State Pension eligibility rules. A new online petition is urging the UK Government to give older people on disability benefits early access to their State Pension. The State Pension age is currently 66 for both men and women, but is set to rise to 67 between 2026 and 2028. Petition creator George Bolgar has put forward a proposal that every person over 60 with a disability 'who has been unemployed for at least five years should be given the choice to retire and claim the State Pension immediately'. The 'allow elderly disabled people to claim the State Pension early' petition has been posted on the Petitions Parliament website. At 10,000 signatures of support it would be entitled to a written response from the UK Government, at 100,000, it would be considered by the Petitions Committee for debate in Parliament. The petition states: 'We think that any disabled person aged 60 who has been unemployed for at least five years should be given the choice to retire and claim the State Pension immediately. 'We think that keeping people on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) unemployment list when there is no chance of them ever becoming employed again is extra work for the DWP and extra stress for the disabled person. 'We think that once someone is above 60 years old and unemployed their likelihood of being employable is extremely reduced.' State Pension age rise The State Pension age is set to start rising from 66 to 67 next year, with the increase due to be completed for all men and women across the UK by 2028. The planned change to the official age of retirement has been in legislation since 2014 with a further rise from 67 to 68 set to be implemented between 2044 and 2046. The Pensions Act 2014 brought the increase in the State Pension age from 66 to 67 forward by eight years. The UK Government also changed the way in which the increase in State Pension age is phased so rather than reaching State Pension age on a specific date, people born between March 6, 1961 and April 5, 1977 will be able to claim the State Pension once they reach 67. It's important to be aware of these upcoming changes now, especially if you have a retirement plan in place. Everyone affected by changes to their State Pension age will receive a letter from the DWP well in advance. Under the Pensions Act 2007 the State Pension age for men and women will increase from 67 to 68 between 2044 and 2046. The Pensions Act 2014 provides for a regular review of the State Pension age, at least once every five years. The review will be based around the idea people should be able to spend a certain proportion of their adult life drawing a State Pension. A review of the planned rise to 68 is due before the end of this decade and had originally been scheduled by the then Conservative government to take place two years after the general election - which would have been 2026. Any review of the State Pension age will take into account life expectancy along with a range of other factors relevant to setting the State Pension age. After the review has reported, the UK Government may then choose to bring forward changes to the State Pension age. However, any proposals would have to go through Parliament before becoming law. Check your State Pension age online Your State Pension age is the earliest age you can start receiving your State Pension. It may be different to the age you can get a workplace or personal pension. Anyone of any age can use the online tool at to check their State Pension age, which can be an essential part of planning your retirement. You can use the State Pension age tool to check: When you will reach State Pension age Your Pension Credit qualifying age When you will be eligible for free bus travel - this is at age 60 in Scotland Check your State Pension age online here.
