Submitted on Thursday 14th May 2020
Rejected on Monday 1st June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give self employed the October extension of the coronavirus job retention scheme
The chancellor recently announced an October extension to the 80% coronavirus job retention scheme. There has been no mention of doing similar for the self employed.
The whole country should be treated equally. Offering the extension of the scheme to the employed on PAYE and not the self employed is discriminatory. Our businesses were closed and nearly always can’t be operated from home. No customers in your business as they are following stay at home advice and correctly so. But no guarantee of equal help either.
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