The State Pension age is due to rise from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028.
A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to stop scheduled increases to the State Pension age and keep it at its current 66 due to declining life expectancy in Scotland. The next planned rise is to 67, which will be phased in between 2026 and 2028.
The ‘Stop the planned increase in the State Pension age, leave it at 66’ petition has been created and posted on the official petitions-parliament website by Clive John Chessman where it has already received more than 1,300 signatures of support from across the country. At 10,000 signatures, the UK Government will respond to its proposal.
“The planned increase was based on life expectancy increases, but in Scotland life expectancy has decreased and in the rest of the UK has not gone up as expected.” At the time of the announcement to delay a review of the rise to 68, former pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann said: "The Government is right to recommend a wait-and-see approach, with further studies to understand better the full impact of both Covid - and the consequential backlogs in the healthcare system - on previous forecasts for life expectancy.
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