Submitted on Monday 23rd March 2020
Rejected on Monday 27th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
COVID-19: Universal credit for all key workers as a reward/incentive
Universal credit for all key workers for a reward/incentive for the essential work they do during the crisis
As an incentive/reward for key workers to continue with their essential work and as a thank you to them for continuing during a crisis and putting themselves at risk. Minimum wage is not good enough for carers keeping the vulnerable out of the NHS and remaining on the frontline.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Universal Credit is a payment to help people with their living costs, not a payment that can be used to reward key workers.
We have published a number of petitions calling for key workers to be financially rewarded as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, which you might like to sign:
Make hazard pay mandatory for key workers in the midst of COVID 19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307619
Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306845
Pay bonus to all key workers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307215
Incentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304595
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073
Bonus for emergency services personnel working due to COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303306
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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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