Give same financial help to self employed as employees during COVID-19 crisis · petition

What the petition asks

Make it easier and faster for self employed sole traders to receive financial help without having to go through the benefits system.

Whilst employees can claim ssp or have the backup from the government to pay a partial wage, self employed sole traders have no wage when jobs get cancelled, this is happening now.
As most of them have credit accounts with there suppliers there will still be bills coming in that have to be paid, plus the tax that they have to account for for the next tax payment due.
Self employed can not wait in the benefits queue while the bills are rolling in and there’s no food on the table.

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

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