HM Treasury

HM Treasury is the government’s economic and finance ministry, maintaining control over public spending, setting the direction of the UK’s economic policy and working to achieve strong and sustainable economic growth. HMT is a ministerial department, supported by 18 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
  Chancellor of the Exchequer
• The Rt Hon John Glen MP
  Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• Victoria Atkins MP
  Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Andrew Griffith MP
  Economic Secretary to the Treasury
• Gareth Davies MP
  Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
• Baroness Penn
  Treasury Lords Minister

Petitions linked to this department

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• Set out a pro-innovation strategy for blockchain and stablecoins
  Open from Wednesday 3rd September 2025 to Tuesday 3rd March 2026
  84,277 signatures

• Do not introduce any new taxes or increase any existing taxes
  Open from Tuesday 2nd September 2025 to Monday 2nd March 2026
  149 signatures

• Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000
  Open from Friday 29th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
  94,001 signatures

• Add VAT to university tuition fees to ensure consistency in education tax policy
  Open from Thursday 28th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
  79 signatures

• Ban insurance companies increasing premiums after no fault claims
  Open from Thursday 28th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
  301 signatures

• Give people the option to opt out of income tax
  Open from Tuesday 26th August 2025 to Thursday 26th February 2026
  79 signatures

• Reduce NI contributions for social care providers
  Open from Friday 22nd August 2025 to Sunday 22nd February 2026
  96 signatures

• Increase taxes on online retail and takeaway apps to help support high streets
  Open from Thursday 21st August 2025 to Saturday 21st February 2026
  39 signatures

• Cut income tax by 5% for working parents who are British citizens
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  48 signatures

• Change IHT rules to be payable only after probate has been granted
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  450 signatures

• Reinstate tax-free shopping for international visitors to the UK
  Open from Tuesday 19th August 2025 to Thursday 19th February 2026
  51 signatures

• Scrap the 2026 £1 Million Cap on Business Relief for Inheritance Tax
  Open from Tuesday 19th August 2025 to Thursday 19th February 2026
  63 signatures

• Make the Armed Forces pension tax free
  Open from Monday 18th August 2025 to Wednesday 18th February 2026
  31,004 signatures

• Raise the income tax allowance from £12,570 to £18,000
  Open from Friday 15th August 2025 to Sunday 15th February 2026
  209 signatures

• Fund free period pads
  Open from Wednesday 13th August 2025 to Friday 13th February 2026
  346 signatures

• Introduce higher tax on plastic gardening pots
  Open from Wednesday 13th August 2025 to Friday 13th February 2026
  60 signatures

• Full audit of the UK gold reserves held at the Bank of England
  Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
  84 signatures

• One-off payment for those leaving secondary education or college
  Open from Friday 8th August 2025 to Sunday 8th February 2026
  32 signatures

• Stop the double tax (IHT & Income Tax) of pension funds & death benefits
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  25,904 signatures

• Raise Apprenticeship Minimum Wages for Fair Pay
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  86 signatures

• Make all private mental health treatment VAT exempt
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  52 signatures

• Reduce income tax & CGT to less than 30% and fill deficit in other ways
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  75 signatures

• Investigate & reform Companies House procedures to help prevent potential fraud
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  59 signatures

• Raise the minimum wage, remove the benefit cap & fund affordable childcare
  Open from Wednesday 6th August 2025 to Friday 6th February 2026
  89 signatures

• Remove VAT on all school uniform up to age 18
  Open from Wednesday 6th August 2025 to Friday 6th February 2026
  514 signatures

• Public mortgage scheme for first-time buyers with fixed interest & minimum term
  Open from Tuesday 5th August 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026
  27 signatures

• Do not sell seized cryptocurrency
  Open from Monday 4th August 2025 to Wednesday 4th February 2026
  22 signatures

• Ban UK insurance companies providing coverage to Russian vessels
  Open from Monday 4th August 2025 to Wednesday 4th February 2026
  75 signatures

• Set VAT on all solar panel equipment to 0% at point of purchase
  Open from Friday 1st August 2025 to Sunday 1st February 2026
  56 signatures

• No more tax rises in this Parliament
  Open from Thursday 31st July 2025 to Saturday 31st January 2026
  968 signatures

• Legislate to help protect future generations from unsustainable debt
  Open from Wednesday 30th July 2025 to Friday 30th January 2026
  49 signatures

• Make Gross Payment Status the default for CIS-registered construction businesses
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  34 signatures

• Implement a dynamic Land Value Tax
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  52 signatures

• Do not require small businesses/micro-entities to file profit & loss accounts
  Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
  36 signatures

• Stop taxing overtime, work beyond 40 hours a week or outside contracted hours
  Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
  481 signatures

• New regulation for joint bank accounts between parents and children
  Open from Friday 25th July 2025 to Sunday 25th January 2026
  105 signatures

• Introduce more council tax bands to reflect square footage
  Open from Friday 25th July 2025 to Sunday 25th January 2026
  47 signatures

• Remove VAT on veterinary fees for pets
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  1,420 signatures

• Reverse increase in the rate of employer’s NI contributions for small businesses
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  48 signatures

• Reduce all taxes (inc. business rates, NI) for all pubs and restaurants by 5%
  Open from Tuesday 22nd July 2025 to Thursday 22nd January 2026
  34 signatures

• Raise the minimum wage across the UK and keep pace with inflation
  Open from Tuesday 22nd July 2025 to Thursday 22nd January 2026
  97 signatures

• Set the income tax personal allowance to £15,597 & higher rate to £62,379.02
  Open from Friday 18th July 2025 to Sunday 18th January 2026
  8,561 signatures

• Stop VAT being added to Private school fees
  Open from Monday 14th July 2025 to Wednesday 14th January 2026
  246 signatures

• Ringfence revenue from Vehicle Excise Duty for roads
  Open from Tuesday 8th July 2025 to Thursday 8th January 2026
  124 signatures

• Raise the VAT threshold to £250,000 for small businesses
  Open from Tuesday 8th July 2025 to Thursday 8th January 2026
  107 signatures

• Abolish VAT for all small businesses with a taxable turnover under £250k a year
  Open from Friday 4th July 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026
  117 signatures

• Tax small food businesses on sales after delivery platform deductions
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  54 signatures

• Stop HMRC implementing making tax digital and enforcing quarterly submissions
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  20,083 signatures

• Make Stamp Duty payment flexible
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  2,984 signatures

• Halt the new vaping duty tax, help protect small British businesses & consumers
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  1,764 signatures

• Create a rising tax rate system, to set a maximum income level.
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  65 signatures

• No tax or national insurance on overtime for emergency service workers
  Open from Monday 30th June 2025 to Tuesday 30th December 2025
  7,837 signatures

• Launch a public inquiry into business rates and small businesses
  Open from Friday 13th June 2025 to Saturday 13th December 2025
  140 signatures

• Raise the standard tax-free Personal Allowance to £45,000.
  Open from Wednesday 11th June 2025 to Thursday 11th December 2025
  254 signatures

• Speed up the payment of tax repayments
  Open from Wednesday 11th June 2025 to Thursday 11th December 2025
  28 signatures

• Cap arranged bank overdraft fees at 10%
  Open from Monday 9th June 2025 to Tuesday 9th December 2025
  35 signatures

• Make stamp duty payable on the difference in cost of the current & new home
  Open from Monday 9th June 2025 to Tuesday 9th December 2025
  35 signatures

• Raise the 40% tax threshold from £50,271 to £53,800
  Open from Thursday 5th June 2025 to Friday 5th December 2025
  57 signatures

• Get rid of alcohol duty and lower business rates for pubs
  Open from Thursday 5th June 2025 to Friday 5th December 2025
  48 signatures

• Abolish Stamp Duty to Make Homeownership More Accessible for All
  Open from Wednesday 4th June 2025 to Thursday 4th December 2025
  402 signatures

• Introduce a new secondary property tax
  Open from Tuesday 3rd June 2025 to Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  105 signatures

• Allow people to transfer all their personal allowance to their spouse
  Open from Monday 2nd June 2025 to Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  79 signatures

• Allow employees to claim tax relief for private medical treatment
  Open from Tuesday 27th May 2025 to Thursday 27th November 2025
  32 signatures

• Increase taxes on foreign tech companies & keep the Digital Services Tax
  Open from Wednesday 21st May 2025 to Friday 21st November 2025
  49 signatures

• Exempt first time buyers from stamp duty
  Open from Monday 19th May 2025 to Wednesday 19th November 2025
  233 signatures

• Delay introducing Making Tax Digital until more support for the Self-Employed
  Open from Friday 16th May 2025 to Sunday 16th November 2025
  183 signatures

• Exempt people from paying National Insurance Contributions after 35 years
  Open from Friday 16th May 2025 to Sunday 16th November 2025
  100 signatures

• Significantly strengthen and expand tax relief for the audio-visual sector
  Open from Thursday 15th May 2025 to Saturday 15th November 2025
  37 signatures

• Protect consumers from cosmetic surgery financial scams
  Open from Wednesday 14th May 2025 to Friday 14th November 2025
  41 signatures

• Enable self-employed to include childcare costs in allowable expenses
  Open from Wednesday 14th May 2025 to Friday 14th November 2025
  1,899 signatures

• Governance within the whisky cask market
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  56 signatures

• Establish a "First Job" Tax break for Young Workers
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  69 signatures

• Introduce tax relief on Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  Open from Monday 12th May 2025 to Wednesday 12th November 2025
  56 signatures

• Add children’s unused personal allowance to their parents’ personal allowance
  Open from Monday 12th May 2025 to Wednesday 12th November 2025
  23 signatures

• Remove VAT on defibrillators
  Open from Wednesday 7th May 2025 to Friday 7th November 2025
  70 signatures

• Higher tax on income of £400,000, and exit tax if they move to another country
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  1,300 signatures

• Introduce a 12-month amnesty on APR and BPR policy proposals
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  7,323 signatures

• Remove bedroom tax
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  150 signatures

• Establish a Strategic Digital Assets Reserve
  Open from Friday 2nd May 2025 to Sunday 2nd November 2025
  1,063 signatures

• Eliminate VAT on hot takeaway food
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  626 signatures

• Stronger rules to ensure foreign businesses pay the right VAT
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  55 signatures

• Increase the ISA limit - £20k for cash ISA's and £20k for stocks & shares ISA's
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  73 signatures

• Exempt employed British passport holders from paying income tax
  Open from Wednesday 30th April 2025 to Thursday 30th October 2025
  26 signatures

• Ban insurance companies requiring women to declare taking HRT for menopause
  Open from Tuesday 29th April 2025 to Wednesday 29th October 2025
  57 signatures

• Close national insurance loopholes for limited liability partnerships
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  35 signatures

• Require cyclists to pay road tax
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  85 signatures

• Fund and implement A Universal Basic Income (UBI)
  Open from Friday 25th April 2025 to Saturday 25th October 2025
  178 signatures

• Make glasses VAT exempt due to wearer’s having no choice but to wear glasses
  Open from Friday 25th April 2025 to Saturday 25th October 2025
  128 signatures

• Create a tax on clothing that contains micro-plastics
  Open from Thursday 24th April 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
  218 signatures

• End Capital Gains Tax on cryptocurrency gains
  Open from Wednesday 23rd April 2025 to Thursday 23rd October 2025
  205 signatures

• Do not lower or remove the £20,000 annual cash ISA allowance
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  385 signatures

• Abolish personal allowance tapering
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  40 signatures

• Publish the economic impact of removing or raising the £100k tax cliff edge
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  2,922 signatures

• Review the legislation governing the credit rating system
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  39 signatures

• Introduce a tax on AI usage & modify AI regulation to help UK jobs & workers
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  78 signatures

• Review measures to tackle tax evasion and end offshore tax loopholes
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  154 signatures

• Change business rates relief for 25/26 back to 75%.
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  497 signatures

• Introduce a reformed income tax band system with gradual increases from 20-45%
  Open from Wednesday 9th April 2025 to Thursday 9th October 2025
  36 signatures

• Exempt charities from increases to employer National Insurance Contributions
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  41 signatures

• Introduce a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million & tax reform
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  1,780 signatures

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