GIVE SELF EMPLOYED PEOPLE ACCESS TO A GRANT OR FIXED AMOUNT DURING THIS CRISIS · petition

What the petition asks

We are petitioning for EITHER at least 50% of the national average wage per month (for however long this crisis lasts) OR 80% of our annual wage which is the same help employees are being offered at the moment.
We have children, rent, mortgages, food and utilities to pay for, need help to survive.

The self employed represent 15% of the total workforce which represents around 5 million people. At the moment we havent been given any SPECIFIC help. We have been told we can claim benefits but have had no offers of direct help via grants from the UK government so far.

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