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. MORE THAN 10,100 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED AN ONLINE PETITION URGING THE UK GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE THE NEW STATE PENSION FROM £11,973 A YEAR TO £22,000. 11:01, 03 Jun 2025 An update has been

issued over the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) hiking the state pension to a whopping £22,000. More than 10,100 people have signed an online petition urging the UK Government to

increase the New State Pension from £11,973 a year to £22,000. The Labour Party government and DWP now must respond to the petition in the wake of the threshold being hit. At 100,000 names,

it will be forced to debate the calls. The petition urges: "Pay pensioners the equivalent of the living wage of a 35 hour week. The full rate of the new state pension is currently

£11,502.40 a year, while the annual income derived from the living wage for a 35-hour week will from April be above £22,000. We think there is a distressing discrepancy between these two

figures. READ MORE UK FACES 'SPANISH SCORCHER' HEATWAVE WITH 31C AS EXACT DATE IT STARTS ANNOUNCED "We must not allow our senior citizens, who have contributed so much to our

society, to struggle through their sunset years. We consider that it is a matter of fairness and respect. Article continues below "We all deserve a decent life when we get old. We

believe that all pensioners must receive the equivalent of the living wage at 35 hours a week as a minimum. "This could ensure a better quality of life for our country's senior

citizens and help ensure that no elder person in our society has to face financial hardship." Your State Pension amount depends on your National Insurance record. You can check your

State Pension forecast to find out how much you could get when you reach State Pension age. It also shows your National Insurance record. Article continues below The full rate of new State

Pension is £230.25 a week. Your amount could be different depending on if you were contracted out before 2016 and the number of National Insurance qualifying years you have. It could also be

impacted if you paid into the Additional State Pension before 2016