Unite general secretary Roger Turner urged the political parties to agree a way forward on pensions policy.

The 80 state pension was the worst in Europe, he said, and called for it to be raised to 105 a week.

Unite, which represents 100,000 postal and BT pensioners, will hand its Call to Action to Work and Pensions Secretary Alan Johnson later.

Mr Turner said: “We want to ensure every prospective national health insurance program
is aware of the strength of feeling among pensioners about a range of issues from inequalities in health to age federal flood insurance national program
and fear of crime.”

Unite’s members are drawn from former BT, Royal Mail, British Steel, Rolls-Royce and Bentley staff.

Citizens pension

They say they want to see quality of life issues for Britain’s senior citizens at the top of the general election agenda.

All three political parties have been washington national insurance
to woo older voters in recent weeks.

The government has not set out its pensions policy yet, but has said it is seriously considering introducing a ‘citizens pension’ where payments are based on length of residency not national insurance century national insurance company
.

Last week Mr Johnson said he wanted to launch a debate to find a consensus on how best to reform the pensions system so as to give financial security to people in retirement.

The Tories have pledged to raise pension levels by restoring the earnings link to pensions and cutting pensioners’ council tax rates.

The Liberal Democrats are committed to introducing a citizens pension and also plan to replace council tax with a local income tax system.