Petition · past parliament · HM Treasury

End income tax on minimum wage earners during Covid-19 crisis.

Closed 24 signatures

What the petition asks

Zero income tax for any low income essential worker during the span of the Covid-19 crisis.
Supermarket (etc.) staff are saving us from plunging into absolute chaos by putting their and their families' lives at risk. These roles have historically been monetarily and socially undervalued.

At the same time many who are more financially stable are collecting state money.

We owe so much to these societal guardians.

This will help them a little financially.

This is also, perhaps more importantly, a symboilc gesture of the immense gratitude held by the population and, I assume, government.

Timeline

27 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
27 Oct 2020 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 24
Status Closed
Department HM Treasury
Opened 27 Apr 2020
Closed 27 Oct 2020

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