Allow spouses to receive 3 years worth of their deceased partner’s state pension
If a spouse dies after retirement, surviving partners may be able to inherit up a part of their spouse’s pensions, sometimes up to 50%. However, most people cannot inherit their spouse’s state pensions based on their contribution record if their spouse dies before retirement age.
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Allow spouses to receive 3 years worth of their deceased partner’s state pension
If a spouse dies after retirement, surviving partners may be able to inherit up a part of their spouse’s pensions, sometimes up to 50%. However, most people cannot inherit their spouse’s state pensions based on their contribution record if their spouse dies before retirement age.
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We call upon the Government to enact legislation that guarantees surviving spouses receive 100% of their deceased partner’s pension—whether state, occupational, or private—without any reduction, delay, or discretionary limitations.
Raise Bereavement Support Payment and extend beyond 18 months
Reform Bereavement Support Payment so families with and without dependent children receive help beyond 18 months, with annual uprating to reflect cost of living.
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We want the Government to make the State Pension available from age 60 & increase it to equal 48hrs a week at the National Living Wage. Hence from April 2026 a Universal State Pension should be £610.08 per week or about £31,724.16 per year as a right to all including expatriates, age 60 and above.
Introduce new tax code for state pensioners with double the personal allowance
We want the government to introduce a new tax code for state pensioners, set at double the basic threshold. If this was implemented, pensioners would receive a higher tax-exempt limit, but wealthier pensioners would still pay tax.
Give pensioners access to PIP, as they are currently excluded from pension age
We ask the UK Government to allow pensioners to claim Personal Independence Payment (PIP). People over State Pension age cannot make new PIP claims and must use Attendance Allowance, which we believe gives less support and no mobility component. Allowing PIP could provide fairer, needs-based support