Submitted on Sunday 1st November 2020
Rejected on Friday 4th December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
A furlough scheme or financial aid for those made redundant due to Covid-19.
Parliament must recognise the 695,000+ people who left company payrolls since March as a result of Covid-19. To help, they must consider rent/mortgage breaks, increased JSA, salary based JSA, or salary based payouts to those made redundant before 2 years service (who aren't entitled to any payout).
While employees continue to benefit from a furlough scheme, those made redundant face a crippled job market with no financial aid other than weekly JSA (£58.90 for 18-24's, £74.35 for 25+). This is NOT ENOUGH and hardworking people are at risk of losing their homes and/or depleting the savings they had put aside for housing deposits/children's education. Meanwhile, the "retraining scheme" doesn't even cater for those who already have qualifications, many of whom also have student debt.
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