Overview
- Denver Johnson launched the petition to make the State Pension payable from age 60 and to link it to 48 hours at the National Living Wage, which the campaign calculates as £610.08 per week and says should apply to expatriates.
- The petition closed on 10 August 2026 after attracting reported totals between about 5,000 and 7,700 signatures, below the 10,000 threshold for a government reply and far short of the 100,000 needed to prompt a Parliamentary debate.
- UK e‑petition rules mean 10,000 signatures require a written response from the Government and 100,000 signatures lead the Petitions Committee to consider a debate in Parliament, outcomes the campaign did not secure.
- Media coverage has urged political figures such as Andy Burnham to take up the issue, but no formal action or DWP policy change has been reported following the petition’s closure.
- The campaign taps into wider public concern about rising State Pension ages and would have major fiscal and personal impacts if adopted, affecting income for current and future retirees and pensioners whose payments are frozen overseas.