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A broken manifesto pledge made by David Cameron then PM

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

David Cameron in the last Tory Manifesto pledged "the British tax payer would not pay child benefit or child tax for EU immigrants children if they lived outside the UK no matter how much tax they have paid"
The British tax payers are challenging why this manifesto pledge has been broken as the current Prime Minister Teresa May is likely to continue to pay child benefit and child tax to EU immigrants children not living in the U.K.
This is a clear broken manifesto pledge made to U.K. Citizens

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

26 Mar 2017 Petition opened for signatures
3 Apr 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Apr 2017

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