Petition · past parliament

Halt all PAYE and NI contributions for KEY WORKERS, from 19.3.20 to Lockdown end

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

All key workers have had to continue to help in the coronavirus battle, why not reward those workers by rebating all PAYE and NI contributions from 19th March 2020 until the end of LOCKDOWN. Trying to give payrises to all different sectors will be nigh on impossible, yet HMRC can work this easily.
The mass of the UK are at home being paid 80% minimum of their wages upto 2,500.00, yet Key Workers carry on without complaint. Reward them.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

24 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
27 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 27 May 2020

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