Petition Change the current benefit and tax credit system

to overhaul the current UK Benefits and Tax Credits system and put into place a standard Government Living Allowance for all people currently employed and unemployed.
By abolishing the current system and introducing a flat rate Government Paid Living allowance will reduce the bill by £129 billion.

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The current estimated benefits and tax credits bill for 2015/16 approximately equates to £217 billion pounds.
Population currently at 65,009,728 people.

(monthly allowance of £1,322.75 based on the current National Living Wage of £8.25 per hour with an average of 37hrs per week)

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

13 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 13 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 9 June 2016
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