Petitions/Raise the personal tax allowance to £18,000
StatusOngoing
Opened31 Mar 2026
Closes—
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones✓ 10,000

Since 2021 personal tax allowance has been frozen at £12,570. This freeze was due to expire this year but the Chancellor of the Exchequer has extended it to 2031. We want to keep some more of our own money.

If you are earning minimum wage then you may soon be paying tax because of fiscal drag. Some higher earners pay little or no tax due to clever use of accounting rules. We think this is so wrong.

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Government response

The Government currently has no plans to increase the Personal Allowance to £18,000. Increasing the Personal Allowance to £18,000 would come at a significant fiscal cost of over £40 billion per year.

Constituency engagement ranking

Adam Dance
1Adam Dance MP
Yeovil
225
Richard Foord
2Richard Foord MP
Honiton and Sidmouth
211
Emma Foody
3Emma Foody MP
Cramlington and Killingworth
209
Ian Lavery
4Ian Lavery MP
Blyth and Ashington
190
Nigel Farage
5Nigel Farage MP
Clacton
188
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
6Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP
Chorley
184
Lorraine Beavers
7Lorraine Beavers MP
Blackpool North and Fleetwood
183
Mr Andrew Snowden
8Mr Andrew Snowden MP
Fylde
172
Victoria Atkins
9Victoria Atkins MP
Louth and Horncastle
165
Mr Paul Foster
10Mr Paul Foster MP
South Ribble
164