Submitted on Tuesday 6th October 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 13th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Income tax and NI reductions for essential keyworkers during COVID-19 pandemic
To reward essential keyworkers (referred to as largely unskilled by the Prime Minister) for their dedication and willingness to carry on for the good of others. These people have continued to work day in day out in the same manner they always do throughout the entire pandemic and lockdown periods.
Throughout these periods keyworkers have kept the country safe and ensured the lives of others go as undisrupted as possible.
As the situation worsens and localised lockdowns increase, yet again it will fall to the keyworkers (largely paid National Minimum Wage/National Living Wage) to continue to attend their work and deliver their services.
Recognition and appreciation have been forthcoming but surely a token financial reward for their efforts should not be beyond the realms of possibility.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you want the Government to change how the tax system treats key workers, but it's not clear how you want this to work. For example, whether you want key workers to pay a reduced rate of tax, or have a higher personal allowance.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Give all key workers a £10,000 tax break (in addition to the existing allowance): petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320647
Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308903
You could start a new petition requesting a change to how key workers are taxed, provided it is clear what change you want the Government to make.
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