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 19 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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• Personal safety alarms should be zero-rated goods, subject to 0% rate of VAT
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  26 signatures

• Remove the VAT on Period Pants
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  2,962 signatures

• Make VAT on Second Hand Clothing 0 Rated.
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  1,357 signatures

• UK Registered and owned yachts and boats in EU should keep their VAT paid status
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  3,917 signatures

• Increase the National Living Wage for classroom assistants & teaching assistants
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  10,892 signatures

• Stamp duty holiday to be triggered upon exchange of contracts
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  14,177 signatures

• Allow hospitality businesses to reclaim costs of the Digital Services Tax
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  52 signatures

• Extend deadline for filing 19/20 tax forms to qualify for 4th SEISS grant
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  155 signatures

• Pay a £10,000 Covid-19 'Thank you' bonus to all health and social care workers
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  34 signatures

• Part year NI contributions should be combined to make a full year.
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  20 signatures

• End the freeze on fuel duty and raise it to match or exceed inflation
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  63 signatures

• Allow access to Junior ISAs and Child Trust Funds from the age of 17
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  20 signatures

• Increase the maximum property value for the lifetime ISA
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  95 signatures

• Reintroduce The Eat Out To Help Out Scheme To Save The Hospitality Industry.
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  75 signatures

• Increase tax threshold for NHS/care/teachers & home schooling self-employed
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  12 signatures

• Permanently increase Business Rates relief to 100% for all Charity Retail Shops
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  9 signatures

• Make pre-9pm taxis a tax-free business expenses so staff can get home safely
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  312 signatures

• Allow affordable monthly repayments for Help to Buy equity loans
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  60 signatures

• Give all working fathers the right to Paternity Leave and Shared Parental Leave
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  21 signatures

• Protect the UK Research & Innovation budget, and deliver 2.4% GNI target by 2027
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  107 signatures

• Abolish VAT on Silver Bullion in the UK
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  385 signatures

• Add a 'sustainability charge' on meat products to cover their environmental cost
  Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
  93 signatures

• Shift to a Wellbeing Economy: put the health of people and planet first
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  67,909 signatures

• Pay Directors Covid financial aid calculated via individual sources of dividends
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  2,330 signatures

• Lower income tax for people who earn under £20,000 per annum
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  30 signatures

• Prioritise and expedite movement of all live animals through UK customs
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  1,307 signatures

• Stamp Duty Holiday for New Build buyers who booked a house before end of June
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  20 signatures

• Introduce a brewers support fund for small breweries
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  1,246 signatures

• Exclude plant-based materials from the plastic tax
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  47 signatures

• Extend the 5% reduced VAT rate to seasonal seaside amusement arcades.
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  970 signatures

• Subsidise manufacture and sale of renewable fuels, eg. E85 (Bio ethanol)
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  434 signatures

• Do not cut domestic Air Passenger Duty
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  434 signatures

• Scrapping of the excise duty on the EU CDA recipe, when imported into the UK.
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  17 signatures

• Make 5% deposit mortgage guarantee scheme available only to first-time buyers
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  28 signatures

• Increase VAT threshold to £1m turnover or £85k profit to help small businesses.
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  19 signatures

• Make mental health treatment VAT exempt
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  2,201 signatures

• Increase income tax/NI to give NHS staff a larger pay increase
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  30 signatures

• Increase NHS pay by increasing higher rates of income tax.
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  19 signatures

• Fund a pay rise for NHS workers by raising the tax on alcohol.
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  14 signatures

• Give NHS workers a higher tax free income threshold
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  19 signatures

• Do NOT spend £28 million on the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  496 signatures

• Allow interest and charges as a capital expense for sole trader landlords.
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  32 signatures

• Continue Red diesel exemption for small plant contractors in rural areas
  Open from Friday 12th March 2021 to Sunday 12th September 2021
  84 signatures

• Abolish the stamp duty surcharge for second homes for a 12 month period
  Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
  17 signatures

• Bring the fourth SEISS grant payment forward to March
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  331 signatures

• Introduce a 'litter tax' on all single-use packaging
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  460 signatures

• Give the clinically extremely vulnerable a right to be furloughed
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  59 signatures

• Make it law that ANY refunds from now on must be INSTANT.
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  28 signatures

• Issue grants to landlords for lost rental income due to Covid-19
  Open from Wednesday 3rd March 2021 to Friday 3rd September 2021
  26 signatures

• Adoption of cryptocurrencies as a reserve currency
  Open from Wednesday 3rd March 2021 to Friday 3rd September 2021
  10 signatures

• Remove the VAT on all laptops for all children home learning
  Open from Friday 26th February 2021 to Thursday 26th August 2021
  15 signatures

• Introduce a statutory regulator for IR35 assessments
  Open from Thursday 25th February 2021 to Wednesday 25th August 2021
  1,672 signatures

• To raise the minimum wage for under-18s, to £5.50 or above
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  32 signatures

• Review interest and penalties imposed by HMRC for underpayment of tax
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  17 signatures

• Reform unjust Inheritance Tax law which can penalise the less well-off
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  27 signatures

• Waive all customs fees and VAT on rescue dogs coming into the UK from abroad
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  8,534 signatures

• Fund £500 holiday vouchers for all UK adults to aid recovery after COVID
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  100 signatures

• Introduce charges on carbon emissions to tackle climate crisis and air pollution
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  108,802 signatures

• Increase Air Passenger Duty and introduce taxes for aviation fuel
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  103 signatures

• Stop charging income tax on overtime and bonus payments
  Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
  55 signatures

• Provide financial support to caravan owners in the pandemic
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  289 signatures

• Apply a carbon tax to all imported food that is proportional to food miles
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  45 signatures

• Grant food and drink wholesalers bespoke financial support
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  7,488 signatures

• Tax meat and dairy to help cut emissions .
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  74 signatures

• Stop deducting Tax and NI from our NHS workers.
  Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
  13 signatures

• Change the hold music for HMRC.
  Open from Wednesday 10th February 2021 to Tuesday 10th August 2021
  24 signatures

• Introduce a help to buy scheme for non first-time buyers
  Open from Wednesday 10th February 2021 to Tuesday 10th August 2021
  30 signatures

• Raise the SEIS Limit to support our startups
  Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
  10 signatures

• To create a tax incentive to favour retrofit instead of demolition and new build
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  5,255 signatures

• Provide extra grants for Taxi & Private Hire Drivers in England
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  5,484 signatures

• Abolish VAT on Pet Medicines
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  118 signatures

• ban shops from setting a minimum card spend
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  11 signatures

• Waive 2019/20 corporation tax & VAT for limited company directors
  Open from Friday 5th February 2021 to Thursday 5th August 2021
  15 signatures

• Increase Statutory Sick Pay to £330 per week during COVID-19
  Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
  33 signatures

• Apply higher rate tax band of 40% if income reaches £100,000 instead of £50,000
  Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
  49 signatures

• Reduce higher rate income tax from 40% to 30% for income under £100k
  Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
  74 signatures

• Reduce import VAT on Second Hand Goods to 5% the same as Art and Collectables
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  5,147 signatures

• Tax reduction/reimbursement for all people working during lockdown
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  35 signatures

• Extend the VAT at 5% for hospitality until at least March 2022
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  17,738 signatures

• Enhance support for the hospitality, events, leisure and entertainment sectors
  Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
  559 signatures

• Re-introduce the 2017 Tax relief rules on BTL for landlords with only 1 property
  Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
  20 signatures

• Windfall tax on extra profits due to lockdowns to fund a bonus for NHS staff
  Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
  82 signatures

• Government to establish 'Treasury North' in Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool
  Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
  59 signatures

• Increase the length of the Business Interruption Payment on CBILS.
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  65 signatures

• Permanently reduce the Lifetime ISA (LISA) withdrawal penalty from 25% to 20%.
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  20,289 signatures

• Delay VAT reversal scheme for construction industry
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  31 signatures

• Give all key workers a tax break for 2021
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  67 signatures

• Fund paid leave for those who live with extremely vulnerable persons
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  17 signatures

• Reimburse nursery fees when child must self-isolate due to peer/staff Covid case
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  261 signatures

• Introduce a new top rate of income tax for highest earners
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  21 signatures

• Do not charge capital gains tax on cryptoassets
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  112 signatures

• Reinvest lockdown fines directly back into the NHS
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  26 signatures

• Exempt first time buyers from Stamp Duty for properties under £500,000
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  74 signatures

• Remove the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
  Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
  161 signatures

• Pay a fuel allowance to all low income households during the current lockdown
  Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
  20 signatures

• Review income replacement schemes for school supply staff
  Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
  622 signatures

• Fund a pay rise for public service workers. Claps don’t pay bills. Pounds do.
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  279 signatures

• Review and increase expense rates for employees travelling outside the UK
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  7,129 signatures

• Introduce a Winter fuel payment for all parents home-schooling during lockdown.
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  33 signatures

• Provide a Pay increase of 7% to all our NHS workers fighting COVID19
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  70 signatures

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