Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 6th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Provide Emergency Financial Assistance to Airline Employees due to Covid-19
The UK Government should provide direct financial support to UK airline employees during the Covid 19 crisis, including but not be limited to:
1) Cessation of mortgage payments
2) Rental vouchers
3) Helicopter money
4) Interest free loans
Covid-19 is decimating the airline and wider travel and transport industries. These are the first line of businesses to be hit by the unprecedented, radical government policies to deal with Covid-19.
Hundreds of thousands of jobs and lives hang in the balance within this industry, and lifespans of those industries in such times are extremely short.
The cost of providing life support to the employees will be a fraction of the cost of rebuilding this business infrastructure, should it be lost.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has made a number of announcements about aspects of your petition.
On 17 March the Government announced that people experiencing financial difficulties mortgage repayments because of COVID-19 may be entitled to a mortgage or rental holiday for 3 months: www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-those-affected-by-covid-19/support-for-those-affected-by-covid-19
You can find out more here: www.fca.org.uk/consumers/mortgages-coronavirus-consumers
The arrangements for mortgage holidays are a matter for individual mortgage providers, not the Government or Parliament.
On 20 March the Government announced that it was creating a Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to cover most of the wages of people who are not working but are furloughed and kept on payroll, rather than being laid off: www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-chancellor-rishi-sunak-provides-an-updated-statement-on-coronavirus
We have published a petition calling on the Government to support the British aviation industry during the COVID-19 outbreak, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303081
We have also published a petition calling on the Government to ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301652
You could start a new petition calling on the Government to create a fund for workers in the aviation sector, to provide payments and loans to support those whose income has been affected by the coronavirus outbreak, if you don't think the support offered by the Government goes far enough.
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/coronavirus
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
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