Submitted on Saturday 28th November 2020
Rejected on Friday 4th December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Increase maintenance loan payments for students struggling due to the COVID-19
Increase maintenance loan payments to students struggling due to the lack of job security because of COVID-19. This is because there is no financial support given to them.
Instead, students are made to rely on parents' or their universities' emergency loans, both of which are heavily limited.
Universities offer financial support for emergencies to people suffering as an effect of the COVID-19 outbreak. Once they apply, they are met with barriers. If students struggle, they have no immediate access to help.
Despite vacancies slowly being on the increase, they took a massive decline. People age 16-24 currently have a decrease in employment. Between 25-64, there are increases in employment (ONS). Students are struggling to afford rent, and organise rent strikes in order to combat this.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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 some of these petitions:
Increase student maintenance loans for 2020/2021 due to Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314689
Provide a financial package for students affected by the 2nd lockdown: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/558669
18.191.228.88 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:29:58 +0100
