Use the tax system to reward all keyworkers by creating a new tax code.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Create a new tax code specifically for the keyworkers who have kept the UK afloat through the covid crisis, recognising that the fight against pandemic disease is a national multi professional one. Replace the current proposed pay award with this more inclusive and simpler approach.

This is a way to reward all keyworkers. One which will benefit public and private sector employees alike in all parts of the country.
This petition calls on UK govt to shelve a divisive pay award that rewards a handful of groups and harmfully depletes already stretched budgets and replace it with a tax code adjustment that will ensure that meaningful recognition for past and ongoing effort reaches everyone it should.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you want the Government to change how the tax system treats key workers, but it's not clear how you want this to work. For example, whether you want key workers to pay a reduced rate of tax, or have a higher personal allowance.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Give all key workers a £10,000 tax break (in addition to the existing allowance): Give all key workers a £10,000 tax break (in addition to the existing allowance)

Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19: Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19

You could start a new petition requesting a change to how key workers are taxed, provided it is clear what change you want the Government to make.

Timeline

29 Jul 2020	Petition opened for signatures
24 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Sep 2020

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