Government assurance to those that are self-employed · petition

What the petition asks

Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, those that are self-employed are going to be significantly adversely affected by a lack of work due to cancelled events as a result of the outbreak. This can mean a huge proportion of self-employed people will potentially go without money for the foreseeable

If the self-employed are to go months without earning money, some of the businesses and companies they work for could go under, meaning that even when the coronavirus pandemic is over, the work might not be there to resume. The government must thus provide economic assurance to each person self-employed in the UK in light of this situation. This could be through suspending things such as mortgage payments, providing financial relief in form of grants, or through pumping money into needed sectors

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

17 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
31 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee