The official site of the Prime Minister's Office.
E-Petitions.
This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Link the income tax threshold to the national minimum wage for a 40 hour week. More details
Submitted by Ken Ricketts – Deadline to sign up by: 16 April 2007 – Signatures: 34
More details from petition creator
Anyone earning less than this amount should not be paying income tax. Taxing those on such low incomes can make it hardly worth their while working at all, especially if they have to pay travel and other costs. This change should be at least partly paid for by abolishing the complex and inefficient tax credits system. This just recycles peoples own money back to them, less the administrative costs, and would be unnecessary if those on low incomes were not taxed in the first place.
Current signatories
Ken Ricketts, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Paul Carter
- Linda Cornwall
- Helena Fickling
- Jack Quaddy
- Keith Wilkinson
- C. Hughes
- pete marrable
- N J Dunkley
- Stephan Hoenig
- Christina Wright
- Damien Cathro
- David Boniface
- christopher Bunker
- p robson
- Richard Hardacre
- Paul Farley
- Mary Freeman
- Mary Gillespie
- Henry Law
- Sarah Prudhoe
- charlene black
- Vatche Gulbekian
- Sandra Cully
- carole findlay
- ANTHONY WEBB
- Colin Ure
- Ian Jeffery
- andrew withers
- John Emmett
- PETER HOWARD
- Anthony G Connor
- Bibi Freeman
- brian kendal
