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Government apology and compensation for 1950s Women affected by pension changes

Submitted by Kay Ann Clarke on Tuesday 25th November 2025

Published on Wednesday 7th January 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Tuesday 7th July 2026

Current Signatures: 70,680
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Tagged with

Apology ~ Campaign ~ Caused ~ Compensation ~ Delivering ~ DWP ~ Experienced ~ failure ~ Fairness ~ Fairs ~ Historic ~ inequality ~ Major ~ Ministers ~ Pensions ~ Silence ~ state pension ~ state pension age ~ Unite

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Popularity

This petition has 70,680 signatures in total, with signatories from all 650 constituencies. That makes it the 18th most popular open petition, and the 493rd most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 107% (low) and a Local Issue Rating of -7% (very low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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