Petition · past parliament

Make furlough fair for early years

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the government last minute change in the guidance;
Make it fair for early years to be able to furlough their staff and still claim local authority funding !
This is not to be greedy this is for small businesses to be able to pull through this time.

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 this petition calling for the same action: Provide better financial support for early years settings during this crisis

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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

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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 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jun 2020

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