Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.
Require councils to suspend council tax payments during the coronavirus outbreak
Open from Thursday 26th March 2020 to Saturday 26th September 2020
107,598 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
Commission a full Independent Review of Council Tax and Stamp Duty
Opened on Friday 23rd January 2026
24,145 signatures so far
Repeal the Welfare Reform Act 2012
Open from Monday 12th November 2012 to Tuesday 12th November 2013
16,861 signatures
Abolish imprisonment as a penalty for non-payment of Council Tax.
Open from Tuesday 14th May 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
12,718 signatures
Require local authorities to adopt all Public Open Space and roads on estates
Open from Thursday 1st March 2018 to Saturday 1st September 2018
11,717 signatures
Council Tax reduction for people paying Estate Management fees
Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
11,488 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
Legislate for a council tax discount for all pensioners
Open from Thursday 6th February 2025 to Wednesday 6th August 2025
11,200 signatures
Exempt all pensioners from council tax
Open from Friday 29th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
8,126 signatures
Prevent Council Tax bills being charged for individual bedroom lets
Open from Thursday 9th September 2021 to Wednesday 9th March 2022
5,891 signatures
Cut Foreign Aid to help fund Social Care instead of increasing Council Tax
Open from Monday 19th December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
5,210 signatures
Protect vulnerable debtors in enforceable Taking Control of Goods Regulations
Open from Monday 6th November 2017 to Sunday 6th May 2018
3,495 signatures
Extend the student council tax exemption to graduation for final year students
Open from Monday 8th July 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
2,398 signatures
Abolish Estate management fees on New build estates for freehold properties
Open from Tuesday 24th June 2025 to Wednesday 24th December 2025
2,330 signatures
Reform council tax discount rules for over 65s with dementia
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
2,321 signatures
Rule out BBC licence fee being linked to council tax
Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
1,621 signatures
Require councils to suspend council tax increases for year 2021/2022
Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
1,587 signatures
Reduce council tax by 50% for single persons
Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
1,572 signatures
Reduce the council tax for people who live in park homes
Open from Tuesday 15th January 2019 to Monday 15th July 2019
1,557 signatures
Impose harsher sentences for deaths caused by driving offences
Open from Tuesday 16th August 2016 to Thursday 16th February 2017
1,505 signatures
Do not reduce earnings threshold for student loan repayments!
Open from Wednesday 29th September 2021 to Tuesday 29th March 2022
1,433 signatures
Stop ALL spending by UK Gov on Foreign Aid and divert it to the Care Budget.
Open from Friday 16th December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
1,299 signatures
End the council tax for every body
Open from Friday 22nd July 2016 to Sunday 22nd January 2017
1,144 signatures
Close the loophole that allows second home owners to evade council tax and rates
Open from Friday 11th May 2018 to Sunday 11th November 2018
1,070 signatures
Get Southport out of Sefton
Open from Monday 16th March 2015 to Monday 30th March 2015
1,041 signatures
Street Lights on in Clacton On Sea/Tendring.
Open from Tuesday 28th January 2014 to Monday 28th April 2014
955 signatures
Allow employees to deduct living expenses from salary before it’s taxed.
Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
948 signatures
Ensure the Police are fully trained in the matter of Bailiffs and their powers
Open from Thursday 4th February 2016 to Thursday 4th August 2016
925 signatures
Council tax should to be less for people who are on low income
Open from Friday 29th January 2016 to Friday 29th July 2016
924 signatures
Regulate property management companies & fees charged on freehold properties.
Open from Tuesday 6th August 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
863 signatures
Abolish council Tax
Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
853 signatures
Require councils to pause council tax bills for three months
Open from Wednesday 4th June 2025 to Thursday 4th December 2025
838 signatures
Reinstate ring fenced funding for Social Care.
Open from Wednesday 22nd February 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
808 signatures
Reduce the foreign aid budget and increase police funding from the savings.
Open from Wednesday 3rd January 2018 to Tuesday 3rd July 2018
800 signatures
Create pension parity for men and women born before 1951/53
Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
798 signatures
Repeal the Enforcement provisions of Committal to Prison for non-payment of Council Tax
Open from Monday 9th December 2013 to Tuesday 9th December 2014
780 signatures
Ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus
Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
700 signatures
A Fair Deal for Hull
Open from Wednesday 13th February 2013 to Thursday 13th February 2014
649 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
Reduced Council Tax for private estate properties
Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
618 signatures
I am wanting the government to STOP councils from using bailiffs
Open from Monday 1st July 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
608 signatures
Abolish Council tax
Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
575 signatures
Make the wage rise, due to happen in april 16, apply to aged 21 and over
Open from Monday 1st February 2016 to Monday 1st August 2016
462 signatures
Require local authorities to waive and refund council tax for 2020/21
Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
459 signatures
Fund pension supplement for WW2 veterans to cover all living costs
Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
453 signatures
Limit council tax increases to the lowest of either inflation or 5%
Opened on Wednesday 21st January 2026
436 signatures so far
Require councils to give everyone a month off of paying council tax
Open from Wednesday 5th March 2025 to Friday 5th September 2025
412 signatures
Remove 5% VAT rate on gas and electric bills
Open from Tuesday 3rd May 2022 to Thursday 17th November 2022
404 signatures
Land Value Tax shift
Open from Monday 15th August 2011 to Wednesday 15th August 2012
402 signatures
Require those standing in local elections live or work in the area they stand.
Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
383 signatures
Remove Council Tax Payments for families earning below £22000 a year.
Open from Friday 20th January 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
276 signatures
Muslim Council Tax Exemption
Open from Tuesday 5th February 2013 to Tuesday 5th November 2013
272 signatures
Require council tax discounts for dementia are backdated to the diagnosis date
Open from Friday 22nd April 2022 to Saturday 5th November 2022
242 signatures
council tax should be free for people who get benefits we want to change that
Open from Tuesday 8th March 2016 to Thursday 8th September 2016
237 signatures
stop the government charging bedroom tax and cuts in housing and council tax benefits
Open from Friday 14th September 2012 to Thursday 14th March 2013
230 signatures
Create a veteran status with special benefits
Open from Friday 17th August 2018 to Sunday 17th February 2019
227 signatures
Councils should fund garden waste collection from council tax, no extra charge
Open from Friday 13th May 2016 to Sunday 13th November 2016
216 signatures
Council tax relief for flood victims of Boston Lincolnshire
Open from Monday 23rd December 2013 to Monday 23rd June 2014
214 signatures
Parliament to change the law regarding council tax
Open from Tuesday 20th March 2018 to Thursday 20th September 2018
200 signatures
Reallocate illegal migrant spending and use money to fund other things
Open from Monday 8th September 2025 to Sunday 8th March 2026
197 signatures
Abolish council tax and fund local authorities from general taxation
Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
193 signatures
Require council tax discount for all over-65s with dementia
Open from Friday 10th September 2021 to Thursday 10th March 2022
189 signatures
Increase nurses' salaries by 30%
Open from Tuesday 19th October 2021 to Tuesday 19th April 2022
189 signatures
Give residents rights to council tax refunds where they do not receive a service
Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
188 signatures
Abolish council tax and fund local councils from national taxation
Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
188 signatures so far
Stop paying benifits to migrants
Open from Monday 4th March 2013 to Tuesday 4th March 2014
186 signatures
Stop all council tax no more paying councils
Open from Wednesday 18th November 2015 to Wednesday 18th May 2016
178 signatures
Exempt all Pensioners from Council Tax.
Opened on Tuesday 31st March 2026
176 signatures so far
Ban councils considering PIP/DLA as income for council tax reduction schemes
Open from Friday 30th May 2025 to Sunday 30th November 2025
175 signatures
Provide the £150 council tax rebate to all bands, not just band A to D
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
172 signatures
Hiden council tax charges for waste collections
Open from Wednesday 5th December 2012 to Thursday 5th December 2013
167 signatures
Suspend Council Tax collection in areas with delays to Local Elections
Opened on Friday 30th January 2026
167 signatures so far
Any increase in Business Rates should match the Government’s target for Council Tax increases (i.e. nil).
Open from Thursday 22nd March 2012 to Saturday 22nd September 2012
156 signatures
Reform Council Tax into a fairer system based on wealth not valuations from 1991
Open from Wednesday 27th March 2019 to Friday 27th September 2019
150 signatures
Abolish Council Tax
Open from Monday 25th March 2019 to Wednesday 25th September 2019
148 signatures
Change legal aid “means threshold” to include all outgoings & daily living costs
Open from Thursday 30th May 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
143 signatures
End council tax discount on second homes
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
131 signatures
Make students in the uk pay council tax in the city that they study and live.
Open from Friday 27th April 2018 to Saturday 27th October 2018
130 signatures
Increase Road Spending and charge a toll for non uk registered vehicles to use our roads
Open from Wednesday 3rd April 2013 to Thursday 3rd October 2013
126 signatures
Do not fund the BBC through a universal household levy linked to council tax
Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
126 signatures
Add more higher rate council tax bands for properties worth over £1 million.
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2015 to Thursday 21st January 2016
123 signatures
Stop planned brown bin tax in Derby
Open from Thursday 10th January 2013 to Friday 10th January 2014
120 signatures
don't scrap single person council tax discount
Open from Tuesday 18th March 2014 to Wednesday 18th March 2015
120 signatures
Stop county councils from increasing council tax by more than annual inflation.
Open from Monday 23rd January 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
120 signatures
Raise personal tax allowance and council tax discount for single parents.
Open from Monday 17th June 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
118 signatures
Exempt Carer’s Allowance in benefit calculations
Opened on Friday 13th February 2026
118 signatures so far
The Best Way we can honour our living WW2 veterans.
Open from Tuesday 11th November 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
117 signatures
Bring back state pension for women who are 60 in 2013 / 2014 / 2015
Open from Wednesday 26th September 2012 to Thursday 26th September 2013
117 signatures
Change Council Tax so its based on how many occupants live in the household
Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
117 signatures
Lower council tax for pensioners
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
115 signatures
End the Council Tax Summons Scam
Open from Thursday 15th January 2015 to Monday 30th March 2015
110 signatures
Investigate the way Council Tax arrears is processed through the Court
Open from Tuesday 21st March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
106 signatures
Review the lack of increases in Carers Allowance for full time carers.
Open from Thursday 8th December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
105 signatures
Single Person Council Tax Discount Cut
Open from Thursday 24th May 2012 to Friday 24th May 2013
98 signatures
Make General Medical Council tax-payer funded, not funded by doctors
Open from Thursday 5th September 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
93 signatures
Ensure carers are paid every hour they are in work place including sleep in duty
Open from Thursday 29th November 2018 to Wednesday 29th May 2019
88 signatures
Abolish vat and council tax
Open from Friday 15th July 2016 to Sunday 15th January 2017
87 signatures
Maintain the current 5-year route to (ILR) for Senior Carers & Care Assistants
Opened on Monday 5th January 2026
85 signatures so far
Equality for Council Tax for Open University Students
Open from Tuesday 27th March 2012 to Thursday 27th September 2012
84 signatures
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