Beckenham Conservatives held a petition-signing session in Beckenham High Street on Saturday 18th April to help savers and pensioners.

The petition calls on Prime Minister Gordon Brown to introduce Conservative proposals in his next budget to abolish income tax on savings for basic rate tax payers and to raise the pensioners’ personal allowance by £2,000 to £11,490.

The proposals met with agreement from locals, as well over 300 people signed the petition in a couple of hours.

Cllr Alexa Michael, Deputy Chairman (Political) who organised the event, said: “There is a groundswell of opinion that the average person is paying too much tax, and that both savers and pensioners get a raw deal under New Labour. These proposals, if enacted, would mean that people would be able to keep more of their own money.”