To increase child benefit payments to support children during school shut down

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Significantly increase child benefit to meet the extra costs such as heating, water, clothing and food for parents having children at home indefinitely.

So children do not slip into poverty and they do not suffer as a result of the government’s measures to cancel school.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Double Child Benefit Payments and increase annually in line with Inflation Rise.

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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