Rejected petition Ensuring budgets are balanced

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The government must introduce legislation to ensure that it does not pile up debts for future generations by compelling the government to produce a balanced budget that ensures that current expenditure plus allowances for future commitments does not exceed the revenue received by the government through taxes and other receipts.

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 only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 1 October 2012
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