Submitted on Monday 1st September 2025
Rejected on Monday 22nd September 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
One wage should be enough - make tax fair for families
Introduce Optional Joint Filing for married couples and civil partners. Let households pool income, split it equally, and apply both partners’ tax allowances and bands. Keep individual filing as default so no one is worse off.
The UK tax system penalises families where one parent earns most or all of the income. Two people on £33k each pay far less tax than one earner on £66k supporting a partner and children. Optional Joint Filing fixes this unfairness, makes one wage go further, reduces reliance on Universal Credit, and brings us in line with family-friendly systems like Germany and France.
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