Every single person who works in public services needs and deserve a pay rise. It’s time for the pay cap to be scrapped, for the government to provide additional funding for public sector pay and for employers to put public sector workers pay up now.
Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 4th December 2017
The Government responsed to this petition on 9th October 2017 (View Full Response)Keep Childcare Vouchers open beyond April 2018
- Final Signatures: 119,587
Hundreds of thousands of parents will lose out under the new tax-free childcare. The voucher schemes should be kept open alongside tax-free childcare to give parents a genuine choice for the support that best suits their family.
Debate: This petition was debated in Westminster Hall on 15th January 2018
The Government responsed to this petition on 12th October 2017 (View Full Response)Do not extend IR35 legislation to the private sector.
- Final Signatures: 15,230
There is evidence that the Chancellor is planning to extend IR35 legislation to the private sector in an attempt to equalise the payments and tax regimes between contractors and permanent employees. Contractors take considerable risk in their financial stability and can be without work for weeks.
The Government responsed to this petition on 30th November 2017 (View Full Response)Allocate the first £100 million of FCA fines to fund hospices
- Final Signatures: 77
There are often hundreds of millions in annual FCA fines which go into the Government pot as a result of an injustice to the UK people. We believe there is no better way to use at least part of these funds than by allocating these funds to the hospice sector.
Provide Government grants to businesses for COVID-19 prevention measures
- Final Signatures: 8
UK businesses are currently struggling to remain open whilst protecting their staff and customers. Preventing the spread of COVID-19 is becoming a costly operation. We believe that a grant from the UK government would assist companies with funding effective COVID-19 prevention measures.
Raise stamp duty threshold to families with children in paid-for childcare
- Final Signatures: 14
Like the first-time buyer stamp duty threshold rise, I’d like our Government/Parliament to raise this for families with children in paid-for childcare (Nursery/Childminders etc).
Remove the VAT on all laptops for all children home learning
- Final Signatures: 15
Remove the VAT on all devices like laptops and computers that parents and careers are having to purchase for home learning due to the Covid 19 lockdown.
Raise the SEIS Limit to support our startups
- Final Signatures: 10
We are calling on the Government to increase the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) from £150,000 to £300,000 in the next budget, to help startups recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
Stop deducting Tax and NI from our NHS workers.
- Final Signatures: 13
It’s generally accepted that NHS workers are underpaid for the jobs that they do. They are paid for with taxpayer money and they provide the services for which National Insurance is intended. COVID has shown us how important and dedicated these people are. Stop taxing their income.
Adoption of cryptocurrencies as a reserve currency
- Final Signatures: 10
The Bank of England and HM Treasury must adopt a range of cryptocurrencies to their international currency reserve portfolio. UK institutions have ignored and refused to accept the benefits of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.