can still be signed<\/a> here.\n<\/p>\n\n Under current legislation, the State Pension age is increasing from 66 to 67 between April 2026 and April 2028.\n<\/p>\n
Petition says change could help younger workers<\/p>\n
\n The petition argues that reducing the pension age could have benefits beyond those approaching retirement.\n<\/p>\n
\n It says: \u201cWe also think it could free up jobs for younger workers entering the labour market.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The creator also argues that many people aged between 65 and 67 face health problems, caring responsibilities and limited employment opportunities.\n<\/p>\n
\n The petition states that this can make continuing to work until State Pension age difficult and argues that people should be able to retire earlier.\n<\/p>\n
State Pension age is currently rising<\/p>\n
\n The State Pension age for men and women is currently 66, but is now rising to 67 in stages.\n<\/p>\n
\n The change affects people born from April 6, 1960, with the State Pension age reaching 67 by March 2028.\n<\/p>\n
\n The current timetable also provides for the State Pension age to rise from 67 to 68 between 2044 and 2046, although future changes remain subject to review and legislation.\n<\/p>\n
\n That means the petition’s proposed age of 65 would represent a significant reversal of the current timetable.\n<\/p>\n
\n Recommended reading:\n<\/p>\n
What happens next?<\/p>\n
\n The immediate next step is a Government response to the petition.\n<\/p>\n
\n There is no indication in the petition update that ministers have agreed to the proposed reduction.\n<\/p>\n
\n If the petition reaches 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament. The petition remains open until March 16, 2027.\n<\/p>\n
\n For now, people aged 65 and over should continue to check their individual State Pension age under the existing rules rather than assuming the proposed change will happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The petition, created by Michelle Gill, argues that lowering the State Pension age could allow older workers to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,4176,4174,4175,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-790264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}