Submitted on Monday 23rd March 2020
Rejected on Monday 27th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Decline financial support to UK companies who have made large dividend payments.
Our public funds will be stretched beyond breaking point over the coming months. The NHS and ordinary working people will be in desperate need of support. We must avoid a scenario where this money is instead used to bail out large corporations who have paid millions in dividends out to shareholders
The UK Gov't should implement a stringent review of every company that applies for financial support.
This review should focus on the financial conduct of each company - in particular whether the company has paid or intends to pay a significant dividend to shareholders whilst aware of the COVID-19 crisis.
Gov't financial assistance should be denied to companies who continue to pay millions to shareholders. Our public funds must not be syphoned off to enrich the few while the many are in need.
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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 which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306053.
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