Petition Temporary 2% income tax increase to fund energy bill support for less well off

We want an emergency, time-limited increase in income tax to fund energy bill support for those earning below the average UK income, or on benefits, to help them pay their energy bills.

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To ease the worst effects on the less well off in our society of the prolonged energy and cost of living crises.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

16 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 16 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 11 March 2023
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