At 10,000 signatures, the government will respond to this petition and at 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament.
DWP told to ‘end Triple Lock’ and ‘scrap state pensions for incomes over £50,000’
The Department for Work and Pensions has been told to scrap the Triple Lock in a radical shake-up – and spend the savings from the axed policy on UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
A petition on the Parliamentary website tells the DWP and Labour Party government: “We urge the Government to review existing state pension entitlements and introduce the following reforms: 1) end the triple lock 2) reduce entitlements for those on existing private defined benefit schemes with an income £20,000 + 3) end state pensions for incomes over £50k.
“We urge the Government to use additional money from these reforms to fund scrapping tuition fees for students. Current state pension benefits cost nearly £150 billion a year – we believe this is unsustainable.
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“We believe those with the broadest shoulders should support an approach which keeps the Chancellor within her borrowing limits and protects priority departments, like the NHS & Defence.
“We believe young people need more help. We believe £50k in debt for students is too much.” 10,000 signatures is required to get a government response.
At 10,000 signatures, the government will respond to this petition and at 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament.
The petition was created by David Matthews. All petitions run for 6 months. This petition has a 28 February, 2026, deadline.
Petitions which reach 100,000 signatures are almost always debated. But the government may decide not to put a petition forward for debate if the issue has already been debated recently or there’s a debate scheduled for the near future.
If that’s the case, the Parliamentary website says it will then tell you how you can find out more about parliamentary debates on the issue raised by your petition.
MPs might consider your petition for a debate before it reaches 100,000 signatures.