Petition · past parliament

Suspend foreign aid and create Corona Fund for key workers and their families

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government must protect own people first and suspand spending money for foreign aid. The Government must create a fund to support key workers and their families, who are skeleton of the country.
Great their Britain is in great need and must protect key workers and families in the time of the fight against coronavirus. Most of the key workers are getting minimum wages. It is not enough to live, especially when one of the family members is sick and the country will face price increases due to disruptions in production.

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 some of these petitions:

Abolish the mandatory 0.7% GDP Foreign Aid target and spend our money at home: Abolish the mandatory 0.7% GDP Foreign Aid target and spend our money at home

Use money from the foreign aid budget to Support UK in the Covid 19 crisis: Use money from the foreign aid budget to Support UK in the Covid 19 crisis

Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19: Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19

Consider how to compensate key workers for their efforts during Covid-19 crisis: Consider how to compensate key workers for their efforts during Covid-19 crisis

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

3 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
29 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 May 2020

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