Petition · past parliament

Scrap tax on frontline NHS workers during this COVID-19 outbreak.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

The frontline NHS staff should have to pay no tax during thid national crisis. They get taxed heavily whilst doing overtime trying to save our lives. Each government the Welsh English and the Scottish government should be thankful to the dedication of these men and women.
I feel that if you're willing to give your life for this country buy just helping people why should you be taxed. Most nurses and doctors never signed up to fight a pandemic they said they set themselves up to save lives they never thought that they could give their lives to help others too.

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: Incentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable

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

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coranavirus outbreak.

On Wednesday 25 March the Committee questioned Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jenny Harries on the Government’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. You can find out more about this session here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

On Monday 30 March the Chair of the Committee wrote to Government ministers of several departments asking for responses to a number of questions raised by petitions, and suggested by the public in response to a survey distributed to signatories of petitions on coronavirus. You can read these here: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

28 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
31 Mar 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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