Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000
Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12570 to £20000. We think this would help low earners to get off benefits and allow pensioners a decent income.
Signatures
281,794
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 10,000/10,000 · reached
Debate threshold (100,000) · 100,000/100,000 · reached
- 20 JUN 2025Petition closedFinal total: 281,794 signatures
- 20 FEB 2025Government respondedHM TreasuryGovernment reply
The Government is committed to keeping taxes for working people as low as possible while ensuring fiscal responsibility.
Read full response - 10 FEB 2025100,000 signatures reachedEligible to be considered for debate
- 05 FEB 202510,000 signatures reachedEligible for a government response
- 20 DEC 2024Petition opened for signatures
Background
We think it is abhorrent to tax pensioners on their state pension when it is over the personal allowance. We also think raising the personal allowance would lift many low earners out of benefits and inject more cash into the economy creating growth.