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New call for £380 weekly State Pension payment to be debated by MPs next month

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An online petition calling for a minimum weekly State Pension payment of £380 for all men and women over the age of 60 is set to be debated in Parliament next month.

The petition, created by Michael Thompson, has received more than 107,980 signatures of support from people across the UK and will now be debated by MPs on Monday December 12, 2022.

The petition is also calling on the UK Government to lower the State Pension age from 66 to 60. It argues that current payments are “far too low” but suggests that by increasing the Basic State Pension weekly rate from £141.85 to £380 - equivalent to £19,760 per year - to everyone aged 60 or over, this “should lift thousands out of poverty” while giving older people “more spending power and help grow the economy”.

The proposals in the petition were rejected in September by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), who said that the UK Government “has no plans to increase State Pension to £380 per week or reduce State Pension age to 60”.

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