Petition · past parliament
I want more financial support for the self-employed and small businesses
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Self employed workers are getting left behind in the support. Some of us don't make enough and are working weekly to provide for our families. The idea of a percentage on profit will leave a lot of us struggling. You have to help us survive if you will rely on us to kick start the economy again
I want you to do it because you have the powers to. I myself along with a lot of other self employed people have jumped in to support communities get set up for this crisis with food banks and support. We now need you to support us. We need our government to stand by us to help keep us going. We can work and will be the first to stand when we are asked. Financial support won't only keep us going but it will let us work along with any support that's needed within communities.
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.
Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding: Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding
Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19: Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19
Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR: Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR
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
We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to provide financial support to individuals and businesses during the pandemic, which you might like to sign. You can view all open petitions relating to coronavirus here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=covid-19
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.
Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding: Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding
Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19: Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19
Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR: Extend grants immediately to small businesses outside of SBRR
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
We have published a number of petitions calling on the Government to provide financial support to individuals and businesses during the pandemic, which you might like to sign. You can view all open petitions relating to coronavirus here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=covid-19
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
| 30 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.