Petition · past parliament
Government help for self employed not yet catered for during Covid-19 crisis.
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
Government to offer help packages & grants for self employed who have no premises, are not LTD company, are not VAT registered and/or haven’t been full time self employed for 3yrs or longer with urgency. We don’t have back up funds to rely on. We risk losing everything we’ve worked so hard to build.
Thousands of self employed workers are currently without any government support as they don’t meet the current criteria. We do not have money put aside or saved, we can’t afford to repay loans, and benefits will just not cover basic outgoings.
We stand to lose our businesses, our good credit ratings, and our homes.
Some of us are having to find finances to payed furloughed staff.
We need to be included in the packages set out by the government and this help needs to be fast tracked.
We stand to lose our businesses, our good credit ratings, and our homes.
Some of us are having to find finances to payed furloughed staff.
We need to be included in the packages set out by the government and this help needs to be fast tracked.
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:
Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack or earnings caused by COVID-19: Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack of earnings caused by COVID-19.
Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records: Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records
Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding: Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding
Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's: Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's.
Extend £10,000 small business grant to SMEs that do not have a property: Extend £10,000 small business grant to SMEs that do not have a property
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/
Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack or earnings caused by COVID-19: Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack of earnings caused by COVID-19.
Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records: Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records
Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding: Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding
Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's: Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's.
Extend £10,000 small business grant to SMEs that do not have a property: Extend £10,000 small business grant to SMEs that do not have a property
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
| 17 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.