Suspend Coucil Tax fees for 3 months amid COVID-19 to ease the financial burden

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

As alot of the population are suffering financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government should suspend council tax for atleast 3 months to ease the burden in these uncertain times. Mortgage companies have already started doing this to help.

Suspend council tax fees for a minimum of 3 months to ease the financial burden on the population in these uncertain times.

Especially as recycling and refuse collections are now slowly stopping.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Require councils to suspend council tax payments during the coronavirus outbreak

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Timeline

19 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
27 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Mar 2020

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