Petitions/Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000
StatusClosed
Opened29 Aug 2025
Closes28 Feb 2026
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones 10,000

This would help with increasing rent, mortgages, Council tax, and Gas and Electric bills. Some families can’t afford to go back to work after children due to childcare costs wiping their whole income!

We think that we are currently paying ridiculous amounts of tax, and that minimum wage isn't even enough to support an average family. We believe that this would lead to a massive increase on people willing to look for work, instead of people not wanting to, due to it being too expensive to now live.

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Government response

The Government is committed to keeping taxes for working people as low as possible while ensuring fiscal responsibility, so we will not increase the Personal Allowance to £20,000.

Constituency engagement ranking

Carolyn Harris
1Carolyn Harris MP
Neath and Swansea East
297
Gill German
2Gill German MP
Clwyd North
278
Kanishka Narayan
3Kanishka Narayan MP
Vale of Glamorgan
263
Tonia Antoniazzi
4Tonia Antoniazzi MP
Gower
259
Sir Ashley Fox
5Sir Ashley Fox MP
Bridgwater
257
Sir Mark Tami
6Sir Mark Tami MP
Alyn and Deeside
248
Becky Gittins
7Becky Gittins MP
Clwyd East
248
Henry Tufnell
8Henry Tufnell MP
Mid and South Pembrokeshire
245
Ian Roome
9Ian Roome MP
North Devon
244
Sir Edward Leigh
10Sir Edward Leigh MP
Gainsborough
238
Raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £20,000 — Petitions