Lower the state pension age to 60.

Allow people to take retirement if they wish and receive their state retirement pension at 60, this will create more jobs and opportunities for the younger generation.

This petition was rejected on 22nd Jul 2020 as it duplicates an existing petition

The Petition Committee commented:
You may wish to sign some of these petitions: Reduce the state pension age to 60 to better support the elderly: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302965 Decrease the state pension age for both men and women to 62 now: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319691 You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here: www.gov.uk/coronavirus https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/ You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak. Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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People are having to work later and later in their life, this is not always by choice but necessity and can create adverse health problems.If people both me and women were allowed the choice of taking their state retirement pension at 60, this could have a huge positive impact on people’s physical and mental health and remove increasing strain for the NHS. It also provides greater opportunities for the younger generation by opening up the job market and creating opportunities.