Petition · past parliament

Give all keyworkers a 10% reduction in taxes during Covid 19 pandemic.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

We want Government to give recognise the efforts of all keyworkers and give them a reduction in there taxes to show their appreciation for all there hard work during the pandemic.
To recognise the hard work of the keyworkers especially social care who have had little appreciation throughout the pandemic.

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 some of these petitions:

Give essential and key workers a tax break/refund: Give essential and key workers a tax break/refund.

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)

Suspend PAYE Tax for all frontline Key workers for 6 months: Suspend PAYE Tax for all frontline Key workers for 6 months

It's not clear from your petition whether you wanted income tax or all taxes to be reduced for key workers, but if you want the Government to change taxes in a way different to the above you could start a new petition requesting this.

Timeline

6 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
13 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 Jan 2021

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