Introduce new tax code for state pensioners with double the personal allowance
This petition gathered 119,206 signatures between 1 October 2025 and 1 April 2026, according to the Parliament petitions site. The Government responded on 9 December 2025. MPs debated it in Westminster Hall on 15 June 2026.
The petition
The petition's creator is not named in the Petitions site's published record. Quoted in full from the UK Parliament petitions site.
Introduce new tax code for state pensioners with double the personal allowance
We want the government to introduce a new tax code for state pensioners, set at double the basic threshold. If this was implemented, pensioners would receive a higher tax-exempt limit, but wealthier pensioners would still pay tax.
We think that people with small private or workplace pensions are currently being taxed unfairly.
The Government's response
The Government published its response on 9 December 2025; the petitions site lists the HM Treasury as responsible. Its summary:
The State Pension is the foundation of support for pensioners. The Government is committed to a fair tax system but doubling the Personal Allowance for pensioners would be untargeted and costly.
The response in full:
The State Pension is the foundation of support available to pensioners. The government is committed to the Triple Lock – one of the most generous State Pension uprating mechanisms in the world – for the duration of this Parliament. This will increase the basic and new State Pension by 4.8% next April, boosting pensioner incomes by up to £575 a year and strengthening retirement security.
The Personal Allowance is already the highest amongst G7 countries. Doubling this allowance for all pensioners would be costly and untargeted – disproportionately benefitting higher income pensioners.
As announced at the Budget, the government will ease the administrative burden for pensioners whose sole income is the basic or new State Pension without any increments so that they do not have to pay small amounts of tax via Simple Assessment from 2027-28, if the new or basic State Pension exceeds the Personal Allowance from that point. The government is exploring the best way to achieve this and will set out more detail next year.
HM Treasury
Where the signatures came from
Signatures came from 650 constituencies. Measured against each constituency's electorate at the 2024 general election, the most came from Brigg and Immingham, with 5.1 signatures per 1,000 electors (370 in all).
118,488 of the signatures were from the UK and 718 from elsewhere, by the location signers gave.
| Constituency | Signatures | Electorate, July 2024 | Per 1,000 electors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigg and Immingham | 370 | 73,099 | 5.1 |
| Herne Bay and Sandwich | 380 | 77,869 | 4.9 |
| Louth and Horncastle | 374 | 76,880 | 4.9 |
| Bridlington and The Wolds | 339 | 74,438 | 4.6 |
| Cramlington and Killingworth | 351 | 76,228 | 4.6 |
| Stockton West | 331 | 71,868 | 4.6 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 326 | 71,396 | 4.6 |
| Ynys Môn | 245 | 53,141 | 4.6 |
| Beverley and Holderness | 321 | 71,994 | 4.5 |
| Christchurch | 317 | 71,060 | 4.5 |
| Region | Signatures |
|---|---|
| South East | 17,553 |
| North West | 15,504 |
| South West | 13,217 |
| East of England | 12,022 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 10,320 |
| West Midlands | 9,963 |
| East Midlands | 9,828 |
| Scotland | 8,708 |
| Wales | 7,017 |
| North East | 6,395 |
| London | 5,651 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,533 |
Debate in Parliament
MPs debated the petition in Westminster Hall on 15 June 2026. Read the debate in Hansard.
Source and receipt
- https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/740671.jsonUK Parliament Petitions API · read 2026-10-15 · SHA-256
2b15aa84b95f7d3b… - The petition on petition.parliament.uk
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