Petition Stop Discrimination against Married couples in tax system

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Married couples are thousands of pounds worse off than parents or individuals who do not live together under the UK tax and benefits system. The government should legislate to ensure that couples are not discriminated against in the tax and benefits system.
See this article in the Daily Telegraph for more information: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4061560/Married-couples-punished-by-tax-system.html.
Another interesting article in the Daily Mail: ttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2025553/UK-riots-Unique-chance-mend-Britains-broken-society.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

18 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 18 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 2 September 2012
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