20/10/2026
🚨 Over 400,000 signatures and we want MORE! 🚨
The campaign, led by UKHospitality and Tom Kerridge, is gathering momentum, but we need your help to keep it going! 🙌
The UK has one of the highest VAT rates in Europe, and we’re calling on Andy Burnham and The Labour Party to support a reduction to 10%.
✍️ By signing the petition, you’re helping to protect your favourite local venues, support our high streets and safeguard jobs.
Pubs, restaurants, cafés, leisure venues and other hospitality businesses are at the heart of our communities. They bring people together and make our cities, towns and villages what they are. ❤️
Imagine Bamber Bridge without these businesses. It’s hard to picture, isn’t it? Yet, venues across the country are facing huge pressures, and closures continue to happen. Our industry has lost 100,000 jobs in the last two years.
We want to keep being your community living room — a place to meet, celebrate, catch up and feel at home. 🏡 But we need support to keep doing what we love.
🙏 If you haven’t already, please take a moment to sign the petition and help us make a difference. Every signature counts!
Let’s stand together for hospitality. ❤️
https://www.vatstheproblem.co.uk
