Petition · past parliament

Prevent frontline workers in paying higher taxes to cover furlough scheme

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Make those who worked during lockdown exempt from higher taxes to cover the furough scheme
Goverment have the control & power make this right

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 these petitions calling for similar actions:

Those having to work during covid-19 should not be subject to tax increases: Those having to work during covid-19 should not be subject to tax increases

Exempt non-Furloughed employees from any tax rises to pay for Furlough scheme: Exempt non-Furloughed employees from any tax rises to pay for Furlough scheme

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

22 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
1 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jun 2020

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