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 16 agencies and public bodies.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury
Ministers
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
End all forms of financial support for fossil fuels
Open from Wednesday 8th July 2020 to Friday 8th January 2021
94 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
Increase the minimum tax threshold to £15,000
Opened on Thursday 21st March 2024
91 signatures so far
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
Low or interest free loans for leaseholders affected by cladding regs and EWS1.
Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
91 signatures
Reform the Help to Buy ISA scheme
Opened on Thursday 25th January 2024
90 signatures so far
Change the Energy Profits Levy (EPL) to help UK households and the climate.
Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
90 signatures
Provide new grants to personal care industry that are suffering loss of business
Open from Wednesday 29th December 2021 to Wednesday 29th June 2022
88 signatures
Exempt NHS workers from being taxed for accommodation as a Benefit in Kind
Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
88 signatures
Protect jobs and businesses in the travel and tourism industry during COVID-19
Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
88 signatures
Introduce lower rates of income tax for pension income
Open from Monday 14th February 2022 to Sunday 14th August 2022
87 signatures
Exempt pumping products from VAT and customs charges
Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
87 signatures
Reduce the standard rate of VAT to help with increased cost of living
Open from Wednesday 23rd February 2022 to Tuesday 23rd August 2022
86 signatures
Allow use of Red Diesel for Charity Tractor runs
Open from Tuesday 25th January 2022 to Monday 25th July 2022
86 signatures
Level Up National Insurance by Scrapping the Upper Earnings Limit
Open from Monday 22nd August 2022 to Wednesday 8th March 2023
85 signatures
Set up a fund to support families who have lost a loved one to Covid-19
Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
85 signatures
Make Student Finance repayments tax deductible
Open from Thursday 23rd March 2023 to Saturday 23rd September 2023
84 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
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
Ban or limit bailouts for big businesses
Open from Friday 3rd April 2020 to Saturday 3rd October 2020
83 signatures
Abolish the benefit in kind tax for company cars when its essential for the job
Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
83 signatures
Pay mentors on the 2022 Government Help to Grow Management Scheme
Open from Tuesday 31st May 2022 to Wednesday 14th December 2022
82 signatures
Make alcohol imports for personal use duty and tax free for UK residents
Open from Tuesday 26th April 2022 to Wednesday 9th November 2022
82 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
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
Suspend VAT/Business Rates/PAYE Payments for three months amid outbreak COVID-19
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
82 signatures
Reduce VAT for veterans
Opened on Monday 27th November 2023
81 signatures so far
Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 1st Tax Payment on Account
Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
81 signatures
Refund PAYE tax for year 2020/21 to Keyworker and Essential Worker Roles
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
80 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
Base the vehicle excise duty for motorcycles on CO2 emissions
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
80 signatures
Help performance venues recover by removing VAT on ticket sales.
Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
80 signatures
Change VAT Threshold to Profit Earned
Opened on Monday 4th December 2023
79 signatures so far
Remove VAT on Armistice Wreaths
Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
78 signatures
Stop the proposed NI increase and use the foreign aid budget to fund social care
Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
78 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
Review the HMRC Approved Mileage Payment Allowance
Opened on Tuesday 12th March 2024
77 signatures so far
Reduce maximum working week to 35hrs and increase minimum wage to £15/hr
Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
77 signatures
Base Child Benefit High Income Charge on household income and local wages
Open from Monday 23rd May 2022 to Wednesday 7th December 2022
77 signatures
Introduce VAT on meat products and stop subsiding animal agriculture
Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
77 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
Require companies to repay coronavirus financial support if they breach UK laws
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
77 signatures
Amend the IR35 Reforms to re-instate the 5% allowance for all contractors
Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
77 signatures
Review all taxes with a view to reducing or abolishing taxes where possible
Opened on Wednesday 10th January 2024
76 signatures so far
Reinstate 5% rate of VAT for the hospitality sector
Open from Tuesday 8th March 2022 to Thursday 8th September 2022
76 signatures
Create a Key Worker tax allowance bracket to reward key workers
Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
76 signatures
Create a minimum wage for bus and coach drivers of £15 per hour
Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
75 signatures
Give a referendum for the public to vote if National Insurance can be increased
Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
75 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 and distribute the funding for the Loneliness Strategy for local need.
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
75 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
Create Sharia-compliant student finance for Muslim university students
Opened on Wednesday 17th January 2024
74 signatures so far
Exempt overtime earnings from tax
Opened on Thursday 30th November 2023
74 signatures so far
Minimum wage for carers to be put up to £15
Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
74 signatures
Tax meat and dairy to help cut emissions .
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
74 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
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
Support small manufacturers through COVID-19 with loans and business rate relief
Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
74 signatures
Provide Tax Relief on Mortgage Interest for Single Homeowners
Open from Wednesday 31st May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
73 signatures
Implement an unconditional Universal Basic Income to over 16s in UK
Open from Wednesday 12th May 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021
73 signatures
Increase the High Income Child Benefit Charge threshold in line with inflation
Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
72 signatures
Increase the threshold at which child benefit is repaid from £50k to £60k
Open from Monday 11th July 2022 to Wednesday 25th January 2023
72 signatures
Uncap tax-free childcare
Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
71 signatures
Remove the charitable status from private schools to remove tax cuts.
Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
71 signatures
Do not reduce employer NI contributions in Freeports
Open from Thursday 18th August 2022 to Saturday 4th March 2023
71 signatures
Increase tax-free overnight subsistence allowance for UK for hauliers
Open from Tuesday 26th July 2022 to Thursday 9th February 2023
71 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
Support retired people that are losing their investment income.
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
70 signatures
Count students as low-income households in Energy Finance Support Package
Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
68 signatures
Grant electric vehicle tax breaks on personal car leases
Opened on Thursday 4th January 2024
67 signatures so far
Give all key workers a tax break for 2021
Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
67 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
Bring high percentage ethanol fuel to the UK
Open from Monday 18th May 2020 to Wednesday 18th November 2020
66 signatures
Zero VAT during the Coronavirus Crisis.
Open from Monday 30th March 2020 to Wednesday 30th September 2020
66 signatures
Increase the length of the Business Interruption Payment on CBILS.
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
65 signatures
Abolish Inheritance Tax
Open from Tuesday 25th October 2022 to Tuesday 25th April 2023
64 signatures
VAT Complete Removal.
Open from Monday 16th May 2022 to Wednesday 30th November 2022
64 signatures
Change the £200 loan for electric/gas bills to a grant
Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
64 signatures
Ensure nobody on furlough receives less than Minimum wage
Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
64 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
Cut VAT to 5% on alcohol sold in licensed premises
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
64 signatures
Cap profit fuel forecourt operators can make on petrol and diesel to 10p/litre
Open from Wednesday 25th May 2022 to Friday 9th December 2022
63 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
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
Increase the Lifetime ISA (LISA) maximum home purchase price
Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
62 signatures
Abolish gift tax and inheritance tax
Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
62 signatures
Increase the National Living Wage to £9.21 an hour
Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
62 signatures
Work with lenders to extend mortgage holidays for those unable to return to work
Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
62 signatures
Protect employment and pay for parents of shielded children.
Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
62 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
Extend financial support for workers made redundant due to Covid
Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
61 signatures
Grant for the disabled people, to assist with social isolation.
Open from Monday 20th April 2020 to Tuesday 20th October 2020
61 signatures
Legislate to limit interest rates on lending during Covid-19 outbreak
Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
61 signatures
Require all banks to retrospectively apply the CRM code at least from Sept 2016
Open from Friday 5th May 2023 to Sunday 5th November 2023
60 signatures
Allow affordable monthly repayments for Help to Buy equity loans
Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
60 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
Increase the 40% tax bracket threshold in line with inflation
Opened on Wednesday 27th March 2024
59 signatures so far
Extend the windfall tax to all utility companies
Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
59 signatures
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