Petition · past parliament · HM Treasury
Stop Multi Million pound companies claiming government funded furlough payments
Closed
46 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government is helping protect jobs by paying up to 80% of staff wages, including for Virgin Atlantic who in 2018 saw revenue increase by £150m to £2.8bn, John Lewis, which in 2018 was valued at £4.8bn. Liverpool FC, who had turnover of £533ml in 2019, also considered using this scheme.
Organisations with this amount of income or wealth should not be eligible to apply for this scheme. They should not be relying on government funds and therefore taxpayers’ money to cover the salaries of their staff. This scheme should be reserved for organisations who really need government support.
This purpose of this petition is to ask the Government to put restrictions on this scheme to ensure it is not used or abused by wealthy companies.
This purpose of this petition is to ask the Government to put restrictions on this scheme to ensure it is not used or abused by wealthy companies.
Timeline
| 15 Jun 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Dec 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
46
Status
Closed
Department
HM Treasury
Opened
15 Jun 2020
Closed
15 Dec 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.