Petition · past parliament · HM Treasury

Raise tax free Personal Allowance to £18,570 to help low income people to get by

Closed 44 signatures

What the petition asks

It's hard enough for low income people to pay for food and bills and everything and with this current low tax free allowance of £12,570 they can't support themselves or their families. This will help low income families get better life and get by easily.
We want to make the tax system fair and simple with this low tax free allowance families with kids can't support them specially when they have to but their kids school supplies and clothes. So raising tax free allowance to £18,570 is going to help millions of low income families to live comfortably and not worry about money and they can pay bills and rent. This will also take millions of housing benefit and other benefits as they won't be needing it after the tax free allowance is raised.

Timeline

24 Sep 2021 Petition opened for signatures
24 Mar 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 44
Status Closed
Department HM Treasury
Opened 24 Sep 2021
Closed 24 Mar 2022

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