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Do more for the self employed in this Coronavirus Pandemic crisis we have!

Submitted on Saturday 21st March 2020

Rejected on Friday 27th March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)

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Do more for the self employed in this Coronavirus Pandemic crisis we have!

Petition Details

There is 5 millon self employed people in this country you said that you would pay 80% of employment wages! But nothing for the self employed! Only benfits! Seriously
Self employed and local businesses’s pay taxes, and keep this country going!
Large business like tesco ect dont pay as much as us

Additional Information

Change the way you are dealing with this with employment and support local businesses and self employed with work, government grants loans ect!
Maybe make loans and grants the same ad you do with Universities loans when someone earns more then 22K a yesr u take back the payment of the loan! Do something like that or something with the self employed! So we can keep our staff and keep our business’s open! If all the businesses close everyone will sign up to benfits anyways! So why dont u stop tha


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Since this petition was started, the Government has said that most self-employed people can claim a taxable grant worth 80% of their trading profits up to a maximum of £2,500 per month for the next 3 months.

You can find out who is eligible and how to apply here: www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme

You can read the Government’s announcement here:
www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-gives-support-to-millions-of-self-employed-individuals

You can find out what other Government support is available for people as a result of coronavirus (under the section on employment and financial support) here: www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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

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