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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• Waive stamp duty for second homes where buyers can't sell due to cladding crisis
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  391 signatures

• Increase taxes on fireworks to make them more expensive

• Waive the January 2021 tax bill for those who have been excluded from the SEISS
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  11,988 signatures

• Issue a US-style Covid-19 payment to support individuals and stimulate economy
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  38 signatures

• Change the law so that Independent Trusts are regulated
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  57 signatures

• Extend CJRS cut-off so employers can claim furlough payments for new employees
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  404 signatures

• Pay parents that have to take time off due to school covid closures
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  59 signatures

• Extend the Furlough Support Scheme to include new hires after 30th October.
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  6,657 signatures

• Allow stamp duty relief for any property which exchanged by the end of March
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  18 signatures

• Properties that have had an offer excepted will have the STLD holiday honoured
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  126 signatures

• Reimburse cost of VAT on materials and expenses to all PPE supplied free to NHS
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  2,865 signatures

• Increase Personal Allowance for Income Tax to at least £13,966.75
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  33 signatures

• Revoke 23rd September date so redundancies before can be re-hired & furloughed
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  22 signatures

• Allow all employees to have furlough calculated using the new minimum wage.
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  66 signatures

• Fund data for students during Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  28 signatures

• Do not delay the Job Retention Bonus: businesses are relying on this money
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  954 signatures

• Reduce income tax by 8% for 6 months to help all those affected by Covid
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  19 signatures

• The Government must contribute NI and Pensions under the new furlough scheme.
  Open from Wednesday 16th December 2020 to Wednesday 16th June 2021
  1,935 signatures

• Extend the Green Homes Grant Scheme for Heating and Insulation
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  194 signatures

• Abolish income tax for under-18s
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  14 signatures

• Provide urgent funding to hospices during Covid-19
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  14 signatures

• Permanently limit the foreign aid budget to no more than 0.1% of national income
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  61 signatures

• Impose a Robin Hood tax on banker bonuses as part of the Covid economic recovery
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  31 signatures

• Fund 50% of a shops average profits for all shops affected by Lockdown.
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  7 signatures

• Provide Government grants to businesses for COVID-19 prevention measures
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  8 signatures

• Do not bring back Eat Out To Help Out scheme
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  147 signatures

• Make all costs for Fire Prevention and Cladding safety works exempt from VAT
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  217 signatures

• Extend the Stamp Duty holiday for properties when sale is delayed due to probate
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  124 signatures

• Increase the maximum bounce back loan from £50,000 to £100,000
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  157 signatures

• Allow companies to access some of their un-used levy to pay apprentice wages.
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  9 signatures

• Introduce an emergency Universal Basic Income during the COVID-19 outbreak
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  1,406 signatures

• Extend grants and rates relief to Showmen
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  775 signatures

• Limit any future eat out to help out schemes to small businesses
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  12 signatures

• Stop plans to freeze Teachers, Teaching Assistants and School Admin Staff wages.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  80 signatures

• Make all Armed Forces Service Pensions (including Lump Sum) Tax exempt
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  60 signatures

• Raise the maximum turnover percentage offered under Bounce Back Loan top ups
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  680 signatures

• Zero corporation tax on businesses with a turnover of £400,000 due to Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  13 signatures

• 100% furlough for hospitality staff in tier 3
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  32 signatures

• Allow business entertainment expenses to be offset against corporate tax bills
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  18 signatures

• Increase the National Living Wage to £9.21 an hour
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  62 signatures

• More support for small independent travel businesses to help through COVID 19
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  11 signatures

• Provide funds for food banks in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  27 signatures

• Re-classify sunscreen products as an essential healthcare item exempt from VAT
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  22 signatures

• Support Limited Company Directors with grants during the second lockdown
  Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
  537 signatures

• Reverse the disgraceful decision to yet again freeze public sector pay
  Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
  471 signatures

• Spend the additional £16.5bn in defence spending in public services instead
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  23 signatures

• Provide riding schools with meaningful financial support
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  328 signatures

• Do not reduce the overseas aid budget (from 0.7% GDP)
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  5,264 signatures

• Extend income replacement schemes to those who don't currently qualify
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  6,906 signatures

• Prevent action against Personal Guarantors for Business guarantees during Covid
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  10 signatures

• Government to Give More Power to SFO to Investigate Insurance Companies
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  18 signatures

• Do not instate any form of a National Road pricing scheme in the UK
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  2,485 signatures

• Remove/reduce VAT for low/mid-range personal mobile phones & mobile contracts
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  39 signatures

• Ensure nobody on furlough receives less than Minimum wage
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  64 signatures

• Tax all people with an income of £3000+ £1 a year toward eradicating UK problems
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  10 signatures

• Cut business rates for shopkeepers, to protect jobs and support communities.
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  738 signatures

• Give all businesses a grant matching any loans under the Bounce Back Scheme
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  297 signatures

• Extend financial support for workers made redundant due to Covid
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  61 signatures

• Give a bonus to ALL the hard working key workers during this pandemic
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  91 signatures

• Increase the personal tax allowance of people made redundant to £50k
  Open from Friday 13th November 2020 to Thursday 13th May 2021
  14 signatures

• Reimburse excess VED paid for campervan/motor homes from Sept 19 to Mar 20
  Open from Thursday 12th November 2020 to Wednesday 12th May 2021
  209 signatures

• Backdate self-employed SEISS support for September and October
  Open from Thursday 12th November 2020 to Wednesday 12th May 2021
  864 signatures

• Lower the age you can access private pensions to 53
  Open from Thursday 12th November 2020 to Wednesday 12th May 2021
  24 signatures

• Extend the stamp duty holiday and phase out gradually
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  554 signatures

• Extend the deadline for filing 2019/20 self-assessment tax returns
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  2,614 signatures

• Extra Financial support for indoor soft play having to close for the second time
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  9 signatures

• Allow interest-only payments on Bounce Back Loans for up to 10 years
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  9 signatures

• Make sanitary products VAT-free
  Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
  26 signatures

• Provide Food and Clothes Vouchers for low-income families
  Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
  13 signatures

• Suspend PAYE Tax for all frontline Key workers for 6 months
  Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
  64 signatures

• Exempt NHS staff from paying income tax
  Open from Monday 2nd November 2020 to Sunday 2nd May 2021
  16 signatures

• Permanently exempt the VAT on PPE
  Open from Friday 30th October 2020 to Friday 30th April 2021
  3,670 signatures

• Provide additional support to pubs, restaurants and all hospitality sectors.
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  53 signatures

• Access to savings for kids with learning difficulties.
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  692 signatures

• Keep tax-free sales at airports and the VAT Retail Export Scheme
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  12,664 signatures

• Treat electric motorcycles as electric vehicles for BIK (Benefit In Kind)
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  24 signatures

• Create a UK Jobs Guarantee Scheme covering every young person in need of work
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  5,517 signatures

• Windfall Tax Profits made by Companies during the Covid 19 Pandemic.
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  182 signatures

• Reduced VAT on plastic-free products
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  49 signatures

• Create a separate Humanitarian Fund Tax for big businesses and high earners
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  9 signatures

• Support for DJs and the private events industry
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  417 signatures

• Allow 16 - 24 Students to be eligible for the Government Kickstart scheme jobs
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  14 signatures

• Remove the 50% Self Employed Rule for those with a P45 dated before UK Lockdown
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  231 signatures

• More financial support for Hair & Beauty sector
  Open from Wednesday 21st October 2020 to Wednesday 21st April 2021
  435 signatures

• Allow Green Homes Grant to be used with non-TrustMark tradesmen.
  Open from Wednesday 21st October 2020 to Wednesday 21st April 2021
  14 signatures

• Reduce VAT to 5% for the Hair & Beauty Industry inline with Hospitality.
  Open from Wednesday 21st October 2020 to Wednesday 21st April 2021
  28,789 signatures

• Exempt essential workers from any income tax increase
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  123 signatures

• Provide specific support for the UK Aviation industry
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  7,435 signatures

• Allow businesses to top up Bounce Back Loans (BBLs)
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  103 signatures

• Scrap the Sovereign Grant in favour of proper annual budgeting for the monarchy.
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  4,271 signatures

• Pay 100% of pay for all workers unable to work due to Covid-19 restrictions
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  13 signatures

• Base the vehicle excise duty for motorcycles on CO2 emissions
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  80 signatures

• Provide grants to businesses who have had to take a bounce back loan under 30k
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  33 signatures

• Require housing element of Universal Credit to be sent directly to the landlord
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  1,220 signatures

• Cut VAT to 5% on alcohol sold in licensed premises
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  64 signatures

• Remove the £50,000 cap and extend the tax return deadline for the SEISS
  Open from Friday 16th October 2020 to Friday 16th April 2021
  23 signatures

• Provide an emergency sports recovery fund to save our clubs from extinction

• Compensation for the Wedding Sector due to Government intervention/restrictions
  Open from Friday 16th October 2020 to Friday 16th April 2021
  3,834 signatures

• Make the national insurance rate 12% universal on money earned.
  Open from Friday 16th October 2020 to Friday 16th April 2021
  25 signatures

• Fund full sick pay for employees that are off work due to COVID
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  333 signatures

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