Submitted on Sunday 15th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 23rd March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
The DWP should cancel all face to face benefit appointments during the panedimc.
To reduce the risk of spreading Covid-19 the government should move DWP meetings from face to face, to over the phone and internet.
As it stands claimants must attend and sanctions are likely to apply.
Currently we are living in uncertain and worrying times. A global panedimc of Covid-19.
I am a healthy person physically. However I am largely self isolating as a means of reducing the likelihood of spreading the virus.
In the past for other reasons I have had a phone call appointment arranged and been able to email documents over.
I have a benefits meeting next week and it seems absurd to me that the British government continues to send claimants, into meetings at the Jobcentre.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started this petition, the Government has announced it has suspended jobcentre appointments. You can find out more here: www.gov.uk/government/news/coronavirus-support-for-employees-benefit-claimants-and-businesses
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
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