Petition · past parliament

New starter self employed get 80% of the income based on the previous employment

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Parliament forgot the new starter self employed workers from the package. But we are same hard workers then the others and we are more vulnerable.
What about the new starter self employed people? Who has just started their own business after 2019 and doesn't have one finished taxed year yet. They deserve only weakly 90 pounds Universal Credit? Please calculate the 80% coronavirus income support scheme for this type of workers taking in consideration their income during the employee status in previous years and based on the tax return, what we are submitting on the 6th April.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records

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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

28 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
3 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Apr 2020

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