Submitted on Wednesday 7th January 2026
Rejected on Wednesday 4th February 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make government provide financial help to pubs and restaurants
We need the government to reverse the business rates increases and provide a VAT break to pubs and restaurants. If they don't then maybe people should consider spending the money for their tax payments in pubs and restaurants instead!
Pubs and restaurants are closing at an unprecedented rate and unless the government provides assistance to them by the time of the next election we will have lost too many.
The government need to provide assistance now or step down before they do irreversible damage to our hospitality sector. Let's hope the public spend money in pubs etc instead of paying their tax bills and also that all pubs, restaurants etc ban Labour MPs so they can sample what life will be like for us all in 2029!
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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 the following petitions, which call for similar action:
Cut VAT for local hospitality – for Pubs, Cafes & Restaurants
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/743021
Cut VAT, Slash Beer Duty, reform business rates and cap energy costs for pubs
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/734677
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