Tax meat to help tackle the climate crisis
- Final Signatures: 176
Meat, particularly red meat, is proven to be a particularly pernicious contributor to the climate emergency. It is, in essence, harmful to the world. The UK rightly taxes cigarettes for they, too, cause harm. The tax system is a good way, I believe, of disincentivising. Let's stop encouraging meat.
This is totally unfair the majority of teachers, teaching assistants and school admin staff worked throughout Lockdown to provide education for Key worker’s children, such as NHS staff, so they were able to continue working. This put Education staff and their families at risk of catching Covid19.
Abolish Inheritance Tax
- Final Signatures: 64
We’d like to abolish the Inheritance Tax - the most unfair tax in the UK currently.
The government have released the furlough worker support scheme, but it disadvantages and discriminated against those who have just changed jobs or are due to start a new job in the very near future. This needs to be changed to be inclusive.
The Government responsed to this petition on 16th June 2020 (View Full Response)Extend furlough scheme for travel and tourism industries
- Final Signatures: 53
Job Retention Scheme for workers in the travel and tourism industries should be extended until March 2022 in order to prevent significant job losses when the scheme is due to close in September.
Change the £200 loan for electric/gas bills to a grant
- Final Signatures: 64
I want the government to change the £200 gas/electricity loan to a one off grant
Raise the minimum wage for people aged 16-17 to match that for 18-year-olds
- Final Signatures: 44
For individuals aged 16-18 working the same job, the pay should be the same as long as they have the same experience level. The minimum wage for 16-17 year olds should be increased to match the minimum wage for 17 year olds.
Extend the Stamp Duty holiday until June 21st, 2022
- Final Signatures: 358
By the time final restrictions are lifted on June 21st, 2021, some will be approaching their 15th month of unanticipated financial strain. Whilst we can't undo that hardship or replenish spent savings, we should be able to mitigate Stamp Duty and the threat it poses to so many life-long dreams.
The Government have seemed unwilling to revisit the criteria of the SEISS. According to their own statistics 1.6 million people have received nothing since March 2020. Those people have struggled, unaided, to survive and are now being faced with a bill from the Government. Waive this bill for them.
The Government responsed to this petition on 27th April 2021 (View Full Response)Remove all taxes from all goods and services
- Final Signatures: 22
I would like the Government to take taxes off all goods and services we purchase in shops or online all over the country. We are taxed on wages already, then when we buy things they often have tax added.