Petition · past parliament
Include all small businesses in the Corvid-19 £10k grant regardless of rates.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Give the grant to any small business registered and active with HMRC. This includes limited companies, partnerships, sole traders etc.
There are tens of thousands of businesses in the UK that do not pay business rates or are eligible for business rate relief because they operate their business from home, hot desk, are in a fully services office, are in trades and operate from their vehicle or on site and others in different setups. We all pay tax whether corporate, income, VAT, PAYE etc. You have forgotten a large proportion of businesses in the UK. ALL small businesses deserve assistance in this crisis not just rate payers.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 19 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Apr 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
9 Apr 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.