State Pension petition calling for £380 weekly payments signed by people from every council area in UK

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A new petition is calling on the UK Government to increase benefits in line with current levels of inflation to help “stop the cost of living crisis becoming a poverty emergency”.

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State Pension provides essential financial support for over 12.4 million older people across the UK, including some 981,399 individuals living in Scotland.

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has responded to an online petition calling for State Pension payments to be increased to £380 per week to match the new National Living Wage rate, saying that the UK Government “disagrees” with its proposed approach.

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A petition calling on the UK Government to increase State Pension payments to £19,760 per year, the equivalent to £380 each week, has received more than 30,000 signatures of support and is currently awaiting an official response from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

State Pension payments have risen by 3.1% in line with the Consumer Price Index rate of inflation in September 2021, instead of the 8% boost that would have happened if the Triple Lock policy had not been suspended due to the increase in earnings, which was deemed to be unfairly inflated by the coronavirus pandemic.