Give funding to self-employed workers that are affected by the covid-19 crisis · petition

What the petition asks

15% of the UK are self-employed. That is 5 million people. Currently there is no help with the wages that they are losing due to the shut down and self-isolation across the country.
For example, construction workers (no premises, no illness, no money) sites are closing down.

The government have helped all employees ( upto £2500 per month) , businesses with premises (£10000 grant) but not the self- employed. Construction workers, childminders and general self employed across the UK.
Give us the funding to apply for now before we can’t afford bills, and food. We have bills to pay and children to feed too.
HELP THE SELF-EMPLOYED TOO.

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

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