Submitted on Thursday 9th February 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 22nd February 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Referendum to decide whether to raise tax specifically for health & social care
Health and social care is in crisis. The UK spends significantly less as a proportion of its economy compared to other developed countries. However political parties are unwilling to propose raising taxes lest they risk unpopularity. A referendum would provide government with a mandate to act.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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