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Extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme until the end of October 2020

Submitted on Monday 25th May 2020

Rejected on Monday 1st June 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme until the end of October 2020

Petition Details

It was announced the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will remain open until the end of October 2020 and furloughed workers across the UK will continue to receive 80% of their current salary, up to £2,500. Self-employed workers should get the same level of support as furloughed workers.


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This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320655

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 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/

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