Petition · past parliament

Don't cut tax credits for British people. Why should we pay for your austerity?

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Why should British people have to pay for all the low skilled immigrants coming into the country? We should prevent low skilled workers from receiving tax credits and social housing and just pay it to British people. That way you can meet your austerity budget and not put millions in poverty!
Immigration to the UK has resulted in a high fiscal cost to the UK Exchequer of at least £114 billion in the period 1995-2011

http://www.migrationwatchuk.org/key-topics/economics

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

21 Oct 2015 Petition opened for signatures
16 Nov 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Nov 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.