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Guarantee a universal basic income for the self employed during this pandemic

Submitted on Saturday 21st March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Guarantee a universal basic income for the self employed during this pandemic

Petition Details

Freelance actors, directors, musicians, film, tv and theatre technicians have no income for the foreseeable future due to Film and TV production and Theatre closures.


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This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302284
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303345

Since you started your petition the Government has announced support for self-employed individuals: www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-gives-support-to-millions-of-self-employed-individuals

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

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