Submitted on Sunday 29th March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 15th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Cancel bank overdraft charges for 3 months during Covid-19 crisis
The banks themselves are only taking government enforced measures to ease peoples financial pain during these difficult times. Daily overdraft charges only make the hardship worse. It will take direct pressure from the government to force the banks to review their policies.
The pure greed of the banks is disgusting. They are happy for us, the tax payers, to bail them out when their greed causes a recession due to their lending policies, but when we need them to cut us a little slack by cancelling overdraft charges for a short period due to a worldwide pandemic, they relish the opportunity of profiting from our hardship. As each day passes more and more people fall into their overdrafts. We are all in this horrible situation together, show us some compassion.
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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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Encourage lenders to suspend interest, fees and repayments during COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305297
Since starting this petition, many UK banks have announced measures to help people who are experiencing financial difficulties due to coronavirus. You should look at your bank's website or contact them directly to find out more.
You can read the Financial Conduct Authority's announcement on the temporary financial relief that banks can offer customers here: www.fca.org.uk/news/press-releases/fca-confirms-temporary-financial-relief-customers-impacted-coronavirus
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
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 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 correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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