Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Friday 24th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allow Self-Employed visa holders to claim Universal Credit during Covid-19
Self-employed visa holders who have spent years paying taxes and excess health surcharges, are unable to claim any benefits from the government during this time of crisis.
We want the government to withdraw our 'no access to public funds' terms whilst the Covid-19 pandemic is underway in the UK.
As self-employed residents on zero hour contracts, we have been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. We are completely unable to work, pay our bills, and no help has been offered to us.
Like all British residents, we need help in this time of crisis.
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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/306335
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