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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• Increase £30,000 redundancy pay tax free threshold to £60,000 or fully tax free.
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  94 signatures

• Reduce VAT to 5% for the retail sector " to help save our high street".
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  263 signatures

• Remove Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) from insurances that are a legal requirement.
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  22 signatures

• Make carbon monoxide and smoke alarms vat exempt.
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  31 signatures

• Lower fuel duty tax based on the mixture of renewable matter in it
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  63 signatures

• Reverse the change to Small Brewers Relief.
  Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
  51,609 signatures

• Financial Support for travellers from Spain who must quarantine for 14-days
  Open from Friday 7th August 2020 to Sunday 7th February 2021
  11 signatures

• Create a new tax on food and toiletry products that contain known carcinogens
  Open from Friday 7th August 2020 to Sunday 7th February 2021
  14 signatures

• Make all funeral-related costs VAT zero-rated or exempt.
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  23 signatures

• Do not increase tax for over 40s to fix the Social Care Crisis.
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  22 signatures

• Change eligibility to Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to a gradated scale
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  414 signatures

• Extend the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme to September
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  14,462 signatures

• Remove income tax from savings, annuities and pensions for those over state pens
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  633 signatures

• Reduce dividend tax to help directors of small businesses survive
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  128 signatures

• Lower income tax for members of the Armed Forces.
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  18 signatures

• Introduce a carbon tax
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  125 signatures

• Create a fund to reimburse money lost due to Covid-19 wedding cancellations
  Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
  184 signatures

• Ask the FCA to investigate banks for their handling of BBL applications
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  124 signatures

• Reduce VAT charged by the entire hospitality sector to 5%
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  27 signatures

• Exempt payments in lieu of notices from income tax and national insurance
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  13 signatures

• Establish a National Development Bank for the United Kingdom
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  14 signatures

• Reduce VAT on cafe and restaurant food and increase VAT on alcohol sold in shops
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  105 signatures

• Make nieces and nephews "closely inherited" for RNRB purposes
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  364 signatures

• Make bikes and bicycle accessories zero-rated for VAT
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  105 signatures

• Regulate mini-bonds and immediately compensate and protect investors.
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  1,112 signatures

• Equalise Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  33 signatures

• Require all retailers to accept cash for products and services
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  9,132 signatures

• Increase Corporation Tax and tackle tax avoidance to fund economic recovery
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  78 signatures

• Rescue Package for the United Kingdom Oil & Gas Industry
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  3,704 signatures

• Provide housing allowance for Care leavers aged 16 to 25
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  11,297 signatures

• Extend the VAT reduction announced to include sports and the Arts.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  152 signatures

• Give all key workers a £10,000 tax break (in addition to the existing allowance)
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  82 signatures

• No further public sector pay freeze, no attack on the pension triple lock
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  102 signatures

• National services to be public owned reverse privatisation and fund HM Treasury
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  26 signatures

• Extra Financial Support For Closed Soft Play Centres
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  14,050 signatures

• Do not cut our Armed Forces or UK Defence budget
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  48 signatures

• Exempt overtime pay and bonuses from income tax
  Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
  54 signatures

• Provide individuals with COVID19 Bounce Back Loans guaranteed by the government
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  18 signatures

• Extend furlough scheme for the UK Aviation sector to help stop redundancies
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  39,113 signatures

• Reduce tax for single parent with no financial support
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  43 signatures

• Recognise period pants as a menstrual product so that they can be taxed fairly
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  18,161 signatures

• Make Companies who make furloughed employees redundant pay them a retraining fee
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  83 signatures

• Support freelancers paid via umbrella companies to be furloughed at 80% av wage.
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  25 signatures

• Abolish VAT for the fitness industry
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  741 signatures

• Incentivise companies to get more people working from home
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  41 signatures

• Remove VAT from GARDEN PLANT SALES post COVID19 lockdown.
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  28 signatures

• Extend the furlough scheme for high-risk people who can't safely return to work.
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  23,051 signatures

• Replace the undertaking in difficulty requirement in CBILS and Bounce Back loans
  Open from Monday 13th July 2020 to Wednesday 13th January 2021
  17 signatures

• Provide guarantees to mortgage lenders for the extension of mortgage periods.
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  8 signatures

• Extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to cover all pregnant women
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  30 signatures

• End all forms of financial support for fossil fuels
  Open from Wednesday 8th July 2020 to Friday 8th January 2021
  94 signatures

• Protect the Public Sector from the national debt created by COVID19.
  Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
  36 signatures

• Pass legislation to require fuel companies to reduce pump prices within 24 hours
  Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
  141 signatures

• Get British businesses ready for COVID19 recovery through Corporation Tax relief
  Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
  1,015 signatures

• Abolish stamp duty for home buyers now
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  58 signatures

• Lower VAT to 5% on UK hotels and holidays after we leave the EU
  Open from Saturday 27th June 2020 to Sunday 27th December 2020
  11 signatures

• Provide jobseekers support equivalent to furloughed workers during the lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 23rd June 2020 to Wednesday 23rd December 2020
  25 signatures

• Extend grants to businesses eligible for SBRR during 2019/2020 tax year
  Open from Tuesday 23rd June 2020 to Wednesday 23rd December 2020
  21 signatures

• Provide financial compensation to families who lost loved ones due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  21 signatures

• Reimburse tax payers for monies used to compensate slave owners
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  10,036 signatures

• Refund taxes used to pay slavery abolition debt to British descendants of slaves
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  11,769 signatures

• Legislate for the provision of reparations to communities affected by slavery
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  5,205 signatures

• Pay Slavery Reparations to all Caribbean & African Descendants
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  20,585 signatures

• Increase income tax for those above the basic rate to fund increased NHS pay
  Open from Wednesday 17th June 2020 to Thursday 17th December 2020
  13 signatures

• Extend RTI CJRS deadline for Ltd Company Directors on Annual Payroll Scheme
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  850 signatures

• Continue providing Free School Meal vouchers during the summer holidays.
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  864 signatures

• Apply VAT to all newspaper sales to help fund the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  18 signatures

• Allow tax free bonuses
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  13 signatures

• Increase Gift Aid for all charities to 50% for the 2020/21 tax year
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  193 signatures

• Raise the minimum wage for HGV Drivers to £15 as we are poorly paid
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  20 signatures

• Rebuild the economy out of lockdown with a Green New Deal
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  27,768 signatures

• Stop Multi Million pound companies claiming government funded furlough payments
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  46 signatures

• 12 month Stamp Duty holiday on all main home UK resident transactions
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  250 signatures

• Provide financial support to the Student letting sector
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  41 signatures

• Require companies to repay furlough payments if profitable in 2020/21
  Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
  21 signatures

• Refuse Dairy Industry Bailouts: Transition to a Plant-Based Food System
  Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
  57 signatures

• Provide assistance to vulnerable self-employed taxpayers during the pandemic
  Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
  11 signatures

• Monthly grants for all businesses & sole-traders/freelancers
  Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
  14 signatures

• Exempt essential workers from income tax in perpetuity for maintaining services
  Open from Wednesday 10th June 2020 to Thursday 10th December 2020
  10 signatures

• Support Hospices and Wildlife rescue during COVID-19 pandemic
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  30 signatures

• Increase NHS Police Fire & Ambulance Staff personal allowance to £35k for 12mths
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  17 signatures

• Remove Vehicle Excise Duty and add the cost to Fuel Duty
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  77 signatures

• Include all Care Groups in SSP Refund Scheme Retrospectively from March 2020
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  100 signatures

• Government to create crisis loan scheme for individuals
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  31 signatures

• No public sector pay freezes for the next 5 years
  Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
  10,715 signatures

• Provide all small companies not entitled to existing support a grant of £25,000
  Open from Thursday 4th June 2020 to Friday 4th December 2020
  737 signatures

• Grants for New businesses trading from 1st April 2020
  Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
  13 signatures

• One-off Grant To Be Paid To Anyone Who Has Not Benefited From A Covid-19 Scheme
  Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
  55,188 signatures

• Issue a secondary grant payment for SBRR recipients and rate-paying businesses
  Open from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  29 signatures

• All private healthcare policies to be subject to 50% tax to go directly to NHS.
  Open from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  16 signatures

• Include wholesale businesses in the COVID 19 Business Rates Relief
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  1,068 signatures

• Exempt non-Furloughed employees from any tax rises to pay for Furlough scheme
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  365 signatures

• Those having to work during covid-19 should not be subject to tax increases
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  624 signatures

• Pay self-employed workers 80% of trading profit regardless of other income/jobs
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  59 signatures

• Extend Self-Employment income support in alignment with the Job Retention scheme
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  4,244 signatures

• Blanket payment for the self-employed similar to the AU and US stimulus payment
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  32 signatures

• Base self employed income support grant on 2019-20 tax returns
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  314 signatures

• Include service charge & tips in income paid by Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  75 signatures

• Extend the RTI deadline of 19 March for contractors and employees for the CJRS
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  52 signatures

• Support retired people that are losing their investment income.
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  70 signatures

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