Submitted on Monday 3rd August 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 12th August 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Stop referring to the State Pension as a Benefit
I want the Government and DWP to stop calling the State Pension a Benefit.
I want this action to be recognised by all concerned because the State Pension is not a benefit. People have paid into the system all of their working lives. It is an insult to those of us who have worked hard and believe it our right to have our pensions described as to what they are and not as a benefit.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The State Pension is described in legislation as a “benefit” in order to root it within the existing social security framework as a statutory scheme paid out of monies in the National Insurance Fund. This legal description provides consistency with other contributory benefits, of which there are several.
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