Submitted on Saturday 21st March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
GIVE SELF EMPLOYED PEOPLE ACCESS TO A GRANT OR FIXED AMOUNT DURING THIS CRISIS
We are petitioning for EITHER at least 50% of the national average wage per month (for however long this crisis lasts) OR 80% of our annual wage which is the same help employees are being offered at the moment.
We have children, rent, mortgages, food and utilities to pay for, need help to survive.
The self employed represent 15% of the total workforce which represents around 5 million people. At the moment we havent been given any SPECIFIC help. We have been told we can claim benefits but have had no offers of direct help via grants from the UK government so far.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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