DWP rejects calls to increase State Pension to £380 each week and reduce retirement age to 60
New proposals calling for a minimum weekly State Pension payment of £380 for all men and women over the age of 60 has been rejected by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). An online petition, created by Michael Thompson, received more than 1110,000 signatures of support from people across the UK and was debated by MPs in Parliament last week.