Petition · past parliament

Guarantee a universal basic income for the self employed during this pandemic

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Freelance actors, directors, musicians, film, tv and theatre technicians have no income for the foreseeable future due to Film and TV production and Theatre closures.

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 these petitions calling for the same action:

Implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19
Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack of earnings caused by COVID-19.

Since you started your petition the Government has announced support for self-employed individuals: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-gives-support-to-millions-of-self-employed-individuals

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

21 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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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.