Pensions dashboard petition attracts 125,000 signatures

Petition live three weeks

Hannah Godfrey
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A petition urging the government not to scrap its support for the pensions dashboard has attracted more than 125,000 signatures since its launch some three weeks ago.

The petition is addressed to secretary of state for work and pensions Esther McVey and has called on the government not to "scrap" the project. Within a week of its creation, the petition gathered more than 82,000 signatures and has steadily continued to rise since, bringing the total to 126,143 at the time of writing. The petition came after McVey was reported to be preparing to "kill off" the government's involvement in the scheme during parliament's summer recess. Speaking in an evidence session in parliament with the Work and Pensions Committee last month, pensions and financia...

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