Submitted by Craig Wilkinson on Wednesday 28th January 2026
Published on Thursday 12th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Saturday 12th September 2026
Current Signatures: 5,673
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Tagged with
10% VAT ~ 20% VAT ~ apprenticeships ~ billions ~ business rates ~ Busy ~ Communism ~ Communities ~ Corporation Tax ~ Economy ~ Energy ~ high street ~ HMRC ~ hospitality ~ hospitality businesses ~ Jobs ~ local ~ Paye ~ Prevent ~ Pubs ~ Ratings ~ Rent ~ Rents ~ Restaurants ~ RISE ~ security ~ skills ~ supply chains ~ Tax ~ UK economy
Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10%: protect jobs, communities & UK competitiveness
Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10% to prevent closures & protect tax revenue. When venues close, HMRC loses 100% of its VAT, business rates, PAYE & corporation tax, reducing employment & supply chains. We believe a lower VAT rate would keep viable businesses trading, securing jobs & ongoing revenue.
Hospitality businesses operate on very tight margins and struggle to absorb 20% VAT alongside rising food, energy, wage and rent costs. We believe a permanent reduction to 10% VAT would save jobs, keep venues open, support apprenticeships and skills, and strengthen high streets – it would help businesses survive and continue contributing billions to the UK economy.
This would protect local jobs, keep pubs and restaurants open, and help high streets, tourism and communities survive.
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