Petition · past parliament

hardship grant of £2000 for newstarterfurlough,newlyselfemployed,ltd companies

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Provide a hardship grant of £2000 for anyone not eligible for Coronavirus schemes in place. The Scotland government has introduced a £2000 hardship grant for these people and the parliament should follow in helping people who are in eligible for the scheme in place.

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: One-off Grant To Be Paid To Anyone Who Has Not Benefited From A Covid-19 Scheme

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 find 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

22 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
3 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Jul 2020

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