This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Petition Don’t scrap the 1p or 2p coin
Recently there have been calls for the 1p and 2p coin to be scrapped. I believe that this would have a huge effect of the UK public, This would mean any tax increases would jump to a minimum of 5p, that has an effect on petrol prices, shop prices would increase, leaving the British public worse off.
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Supermarkets etc would increase prices by 5p per item when they do increase a price, for eg, Mr & Mrs Public go shopping to their local supermarket, the store has had a store wide increase on tinned goods, so the couple buy 20 tins of varied products, all of which have had an increase of 5p, thats an extra £1 on that shop alone, £52 a year rise in costs, that’s just on one example of shopping, let alone the other rises, to jump from a 1p rise to a 5p rise is too much for a lot of people.
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