Submitted on Monday 30th March 2020
Rejected on Monday 18th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Help all childminders access the COVID-19 Self-employment Income Support Scheme
The COVID-19 Self-employment Income Support Scheme needs to be more accessible and fair for recently self-employed workers and those with large unavoidable expenses, particularly childminders. In the year 2019-2020, 194,000 begun self-employed work and can't access this grant.
Those who have been operating for fewer than three years will receive considerably less than the 80% subsidy. Childminding is an activity that yields high operating costs, leading to a misrepresentation of their income and a smaller grant. Many deductible expenses incurred need to be paid regardless of whether they are taking care of children, such as rents and utilities. Most childminders aren't eligible for Universal Credit nor can they rely on the goodwill of the families they work with.
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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:
Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack or earnings caused by COVID-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303345
Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310471
Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310455
Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309231
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