Petition · past parliament

Minimum £3000 tax break for all key workers.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

Please implement a tax code for key workers which gives them minimum £3000 tax advantage in this financial year 2020-2021.
A privileged tax code for key workers in these type of emergencies will help during current and future national crises.

This code should be implemented now and then reserved/triggered again should a similar national crises arise in future.

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: Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis

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

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Timeline

1 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
2 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 16
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Apr 2020

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