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Increase the tax free overnight allowance for HGV and PCV drivers to £50

Submitted by Lord Paul James Addison on Friday 20th March 2026

Published on Monday 20th April 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Tuesday 20th October 2026

Current Signatures: 62
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Allowance ~ Cost ~ Cost of living ~ country ~ Covid ~ crisis ~ drivers ~ Enable ~ hospitality ~ inflation ~ Minimum ~ NHS ~ Respect ~ Rewarding ~ Tax ~ The NHS

Petition Action

Increase the tax free overnight allowance for HGV and PCV drivers to £50

Petition Details

We ask the government to increase the overnight allowance for nights away from home creature comforts. This allowance has not increased since 2014 and even if it matched inflation would now be £45.

Additional Information

We want this raised to £50 in recognition of how HGV drivers kept the country running during covid etc.

We believe this increase in the overnight allowance could enable commercial drivers to maintain a bare minimum standard of living during this cost of living crisis and show a minimum amount of respect for us drivers during everything we do to keep the country running daily. Without HGV drivers everything stops, yet we have never been given the recognition or reward like clap the NHS. Without us there wouldn't have been any hospital supplies, PPE, or equipment


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