{"id":569748,"date":"2025-11-14T11:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569748\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:46:24","slug":"new-calls-to-scrap-basic-state-pension-and-pay-everyone-equal-amounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/569748\/","title":{"rendered":"New calls to scrap Basic State Pension and pay everyone equal amounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK Government is being urged to move everyone to the New State Pension and increase the weekly payment rates.<\/p>\n

A new online petition<\/a> is urging the UK Government to consider \u2018abolishing\u2019 the Basic State Pension and move all 8.1 million pensioners on that system to the New State Pension. The Basic State Pension is paid to those who reached the official age of retirement before April 6, 2016.<\/p>\n

Petition creator Michael Thompson is also calling for the New State Pension<\/a> to increase to \u201ca good percentage of average earnings\u201d. He highlighted how data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicates that Britain’s average weekly earnings (AWE) were estimated at \u00a3722 in March 2025.<\/p>\n

The full New State Pension is currently worth \u00a3230.25 per week, some \u00a3921 every four-week payment period. Under the e-petition proposals, some 13 million pensioners<\/a> would receive \u00a3722 per week, or \u00a32,888 every month.<\/p>\n

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The \u2018Increase New State Pension and pay to all, abolish the old Basic State Pension\u2019 petition has been posted on the Petitions Parliament website.<\/a> At 10,000 signatures of support it would be entitled to a written response from the UK Government.<\/p>\n

The petition states: \u201cWe think the government should put all our elderly onto the New State Pension, increase the New State Pension to a good percentage of average earnings and abolish the old ‘Basic State Pension’.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe those on the Basic State Pension should be paid the difference accrued, since the New State Pension’s introduction, between the Basic State Pension and New State Pension.<\/p>\n

\u201cBritain’s basic State Pension is currently \u00a3176.45 per week. Britain’s New State Pension is currently \u00a3230.25 a week.<\/p>\n

“Britain’s average weekly earnings (AWE) were estimated at \u00a3722 in March 2025, by the Office for National Statistics.\u201d<\/p>\n

State Pension uprating 2026\/27<\/p>\n

Millions of older people are on track for a big State Pension pay rise next April after the final piece of the Triple Lock puzzle was put in place by the ONS last month. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) figure for September was 3.8 per cent, which means the New and Basic State Pensions will rise under the earnings growth measure of 4.8 per cent.<\/p>\n

Under the Triple Lock<\/a> the New and Basic State Pensions increase each year in-line with whichever is the highest between the average annual earnings growth from May to July (4.8%), CPI inflation rate in the year to September (3.8%), or 2.5 per cent. Additional State Pension elements and deferred State Pensions rise each year with the September CPI figure.<\/p>\n

An increase of 4.8 per cent will see those on the full New State Pension<\/a> receive \u00a3241.30 per week, while those on the maximum Basic State Pension would receive \u00a3184.90 per week.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to remember that the amount of State Pension someone receives depends on their National Insurance contributions. To receive the full New State Pension you need around 35 years\u2019 worth, but this may differ if you were \u2018contracted out\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n

The full New State Pension will increase by around \u00a3574 from April 2026 – lifting it to \u00a312,547 per year. The uprating leaves just \u00a336 before the Personal Allowance income threshold of \u00a312,570 is exceeded which would see more pensioners pay tax in retirement.<\/p>\n

The Labour Government confirmed earlier this year that the Personal Allowance will remain frozen at \u00a312,570 until April 2028.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Rachel Reeves will confirm the annual uprating at the Autumn Budget on November 26. An uprating of 4.8 per cent on the current State Pension would see people receive the following amounts.<\/p>\n

Full New State Pension<\/p>\n