Overview

• The State Pension age increase from 66 to 67 enters a phased rollout from 2026 to 2028, with the Department for Work and Pensions issuing cohort notification letters to around 13 million recipients.
• A petitions.parliament.uk campaign led by Denver Johnson calls for entitlement from age 60 and a universal weekly payment of £586, and has gathered over 6,700 signatures toward the 10,000-signature mark that triggers a government response.
• Parliamentary rules require 100,000 signatures for a petition to be considered for debate, a threshold the campaign remains well below.
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies and other experts warn that the triple-lock uprating mechanism and demographic pressures could push the State Pension age to 69 by 2049 and 74 by 2069 if left unchanged.
• A statutory review by the revived Pensions Commission is under way with findings due in 2027, and any future pension age change must secure parliamentary approval and at least ten years’ notice.