Submitted on Tuesday 14th April 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 28th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Scrap student debt for key workers, particularly those serving in 2020 crisis.
Those working as Key Workers should have their student debt cancelled as way of showing them they are appreciated for their skills, bravery, and qualities. This should apply to Nhs staff, Social care workers, Teachers & any other student debts incurred for Key Workers part of Pandemic 2020.
It is outstanding that a country of our wealth should expect such Key Workers to pay for their training in the first place, but then also not receive appropriate pay to effectively ‘cancel’ their incurred student debts. Many Key Workers are therefore paying for their student debts some 20 years after they’ve qualified. They should not have to pay for the right to serve their country and it’s citizens as Key Workers. The current crisis has shown how necessary these workers are to our country.
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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:
Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302732
Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310559
Forgive student debt of all key workers after Pandemic crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307985
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