Submitted on Thursday 19th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 27th March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Suspension of all Council Tax and/or Rates during the COVID19 outbreak
Temporary suspension of council tax through England, Scotland, Wales and rates in Northern Ireland for the duration of our current situation. minimum period of suspension of 12 weeks. Starting 1st of April 2020.
Every household within the United Kingdom will be or has already been affected by the COVID19 virus, in some cases people have already lost 100% of their income, others have been put on short hours or reduced hours and people on zero hours contract have been asked not to come in until further notice. If suspension of Council Tax can be put in place over this period of uncertainty it will help the general public’s uncertainty of how they are going to support their families over this difficult period.
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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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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action in England: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303274
Council tax in Wales and Scotland, and domestic rate in Northern Ireland, are devolved so a matter for the legislatures and executives of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, not the UK Government or House of Commons.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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