Petition

Give Tax Relief to Small, Family Businesses - The backbone of the UK.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Treat small, family businesses as valued assets. Help them by relieving them. Instead of turning the screw and treating them like criminals.

If we die, the country dies. No small businesses = no community = no tax revenue for welfare, roads, hospitals.
Reduce VAT, business rates, for small family
Businesses.

Why it was rejected

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

The following petition calls for a similar action:

Abolish VAT for all small businesses with a taxable turnover under £250k a year
Abolish VAT for all small businesses with a taxable turnover under £250k a year

Timeline

10 Oct 2025 Petition opened for signatures
13 Nov 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 13 Nov 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 20 Aug 2026.