This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Change budget focus to protect housing affordability and stem interest rates
Take action to stop the rising costs of mortgages and rents, to ensure people can afford to live and keep a roof over their, and their families’, heads.
A rethink js badly needed … and quickly.
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The increasing economic uncertainty and rising interest rates will causes hardship, and exceptional hardship, for hundreds of thousands of families across the UK, exacerbating the already challenging ability to live from month to month.
Increasing interest rates will result in repossessions, stress, suicide and death in the worst cases, while also forcing up rents and making people homeless.
The UK needs growth, but the priority should be to protect its citizens and their lives and homes.
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.
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We understand that you're concerned about the focus of recent economic policy announcements, but it's not clear what you want the Government to do differently.
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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Reverse the tax cuts announced in the mini budget: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623929
Scrap the mini-budget and ensure independent review of any replacement package: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/623684
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