Petition · past parliament

Raise taxes to cover the costs of the coronavirus crisis.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Given the cost to public services, the health service, the Job Retention (Furlough) Scheme scheme and other initiatives the Chancellor should now prepare an emergency budget to raise taxes on the better off while protecting families who may be struggling.
It's time to raise money through taxation.
In the face of a public effort that costs a lot, it's time for the British public to fall in love with taxation and public spending.

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: Increase taxes on high earners to fund emergency Budget measures

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

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

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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 coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

19 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
28 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 May 2020

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