Rejected petition Offer VAT relief to all key workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rejected on 31 March 2020

I believe the government should offer VAT relief to all key worker during the pandemic. This should include all necessities including: bills, petrol / diesel and all essential items from supermarkets.

During the COVID-19 crisis, many key workers are keeping this country going. Currently, many non-essential workers are earning 80% of their wage without the need to do any work, whilst our key workers are on the front line earning much less. Without these key workers, our country would grind to a halt, and they’re working without any assistance from the government. VAT relief would help these workers to continue the essential work they are doing.

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304245

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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

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