This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition End tax avoidance for the care of the UK population during the pandemic.
Please immediately secure the taxes from offshore funds to help us all in the UK combat this deadly virus, nobody is immune, and the country needs as much help as possible in this dark time.
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We need money for testing, beds, food, infrastructure, only a concerted effort from all of us will help turn the tide, and money is a large factor, being the 5th richest country in the world means nothing if the funds are unavailable.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We understand that you want the Government to tackle tax avoidance to help fund the response to coroanvirus, but it's not clear exactly what you want the Government to do.
The Government is already actively pursuing those who avoid paying tax. A recent policy paper on HMRC's work to tackle promoters of mass-marketed tax avoidance schemes, which also sets out recent work to identify and litigate avoidance schemes: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-promoters-of-mass-marketed-tax-avoidance-schemes/tackling-promoters-of-mass-marketed-tax-avoidance-schemes
You may also be interested to know that the Government has said that the NHS will get whatever extra resources it needs to cope with coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/budget-speech-2020
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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