This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Income tax/national insurance should be reduced for under 25s and graduates
National minimum wage affects people doing the exact same job. Under 25s receive a considerably less amount simply because of their age difference, however we pay the same in tax, food, bills, rent, so why are we paid different, but taxed the same?
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Graduate jobs are harder to get in 2018 more than ever, the average graduate gets a job 6 months after they graduate. After studying for full time for 3 years and either earning nothing or very little, starting a job and having at least 40-60 percent of it taken away makes it extremely difficult to save any money, especially when living in London where rent prices and mortgage costs are higher than most peoples salaries. I propose that graduates pay a reduced amount of income tax.
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