Submitted on Wednesday 18th March 2020
Rejected on Thursday 9th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Banks and Credit companies to freeze all interest rates on borrowing temporary.
Ensure that Banks and Credit companies freeze interest on borrowing for the foreseeable future until things stabilise.
Although the Bank of England has reduced its base rate, and government are offering a 3 month payment holiday. By freezing rates of interest on borrowing, many people will resort to using credit cards. The Interest rates are high (e.g. 30%) and this will cripple families that cannot afford to buy essentials/pay for items during times of hardship.
This will have a knock-on effect to recovery after the crisis has stabilised.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305297
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