Submitted on Saturday 28th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 12th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Provide financial aid to those forgotten by job retention schemes during Covid19
There are thousands of people who are still left without any financial support during the Covid-19 crisis as businesses are forced to close or downsize - these people deserve the same treatment as those currently included in schemes.
Those who in March have started new jobs, returned to work after time off, or who have had no choice but to work reduced hours; dependent contractors, and ltd company contractors have all been left with little to no income support.
These people are not considered eligible for the current job retention scheme or any financial support. The UK government needs to change the criteria to support these forgotten people suffering and without options to pay their bills or buy food.
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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 these petitions calling for the same action:
Ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301652
Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack of earnings caused by COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303345
Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310515
Change the Furlough Support Scheme to include new hires after 28th February: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310679
Implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19:petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302284
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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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