Save the pension book

Edward Davey discussing the pension book campaign at Alfriston

I want the Government to halt plans to scrap pension books

The Government plans to abolish the pension book by 2005, forcing pensioners to switch overnight to the new system that for many will prove confusing and complicated.

Over the next two years the Government will be writing to all pensioners with a pension book informing them that they must choose a different way to collect their pension.

The options available are by transfer into a bank account or building society, transfer into a new basic bank account or through a new Post Office Card Account.

Pensioners deserve to be listened to

Some people don't have a bank account or don't want one. The bureaucracy required to obtain the new Post Office Card Account would defeat most people let alone the frail elderly. I am concerned that the government plans are seriously defective and many elderly people will have trouble making the transition.

What can we do?

Liberal Democrats believe that Pensioners deserve to be listened to.

We are collecting petitions to hand into the Government and I urge anyone that's concerned about the proposals to complete the petition below.