Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 2nd April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Remove Congestion Charge and ULEZ during COVID-19 crisis
Amid the current COVID crisis, self employed workers suffer the most as no statutory pay is in place, including PCO and chauffeur drivers. They have to pay Congestion Charge and ULEZ daily. I urge for a suspension of these charges as work is scarce and paying these charges is unfair at this time.
They are self employed and are already suffering the greatest damage to earnings amid this crisis. Work is minimal as people are encouraged to follow self-isolation procedures. Drivers are out all day with no jobs and still have to pay fines. If statutory pay does not apply to self-employed drivers, the least that can be done is to suspend charges.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the issue you raise is not the responsibility of the Government or Parliament. This is the responsibility of the London Assembly.
Since you started this petition, TfL has suspended road charging schemes: tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2020/march/tfl-suspends-all-road-user-charging-schemes-to-help-critical-workers?intcmp=62502
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
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