This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The Government does not designate particular occupations as skilled or unskilled, except in certain limited areas such as whether an occupation is included on the Shortage Occupation List.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/316307

Fund increased pay for lower band nurses and care assistants: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/309726

Introduce a minimum starting wage of £40000 for all Nurses: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315297

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 find 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: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/