Submitted by Michael Thompson on Saturday 6th December 2025
Published on Tuesday 20th January 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Monday 20th July 2026
Current Signatures: 36
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Contributions ~ Decent ~ Dickensian ~ Entitled ~ insurance ~ Media ~ National Insurance ~ Nationalism ~ NI ~ Option ~ Pensions ~ state pension ~ state pension age ~ system ~ Victorian ~ Wealth
Stop requiring NI contributions and Pay The Full State Pension to All
We call on government to stop requiring National Insurance (NI) contributions in order to pay out state pension. We feel this is a degrading, humiliating practice. We suggest that the Full State Pension is paid to all of state pension age.
We believe that for too long, our elderly have been portrayed by media as 'burdens on state'.
We think all of the elderly should be entitled to a decent pension, comfortable lifestyle, as most will have already paid into the system for longer than anyone else. We believe any Government should have a responsibility toward our nation's elderly people. In the Victorian era, retirement was often only an option for those who had accrued wealth. Are we regressing back to those Dickensian times? We believe any need for previous NI contributions seems deliberately demeaning and intrusive.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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