Petition · past parliament
Eliminate offshore tax abuse to reduce extreme income and wealth inequality.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Tax evasion is the major cause of poverty as it takes money out of circulation. Evaders continue to use our services whilst not contributing to the costs.
The six richest people on Earth now own more wealth than the bottom half of the world’s population – 3.7 billion people. Further, the top 1% now have more money than the bottom 99%. Meanwhile, as the billionaires flaunt their opulence, nearly one in seven people struggle to survive on less than $1.25 (90p) a day and – horrifyingly – some 29,000 children die daily from entirely preventable causes such as diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia.
Why it was rejected
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Timeline
| 16 Jan 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Jan 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 Jan 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.