Petition · past parliament
Fairer grants for the self employed
Rejected
15 signatures
What the petition asks
The government needs to look more closely at the self employment grants scheme there are many people being turned away for various reasons by the new system, after waiting months with no income to be rejected by the HMRC. Is hugely disappointing.
It needs to be discussed, and there need to be a wider awareness of what’s going on for our self employed working class. many have been turned away even though they are self employed And have had no income since or before the lockdown. The current unprecedented situation is for all to see but the promise that was stated by our Chancellor mr Sunak. quote “you will not face this alone” is quite simply not coming true. Because many self employed are facing this alone. And being left to go moths with no income.
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We understand that you are concerned about the lack of support for some self-employed workers, but it's not clear how you want the Government to change current support.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
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
Base self employed income support grant on 2019-20 tax returns: Base self employed income support grant on 2019-20 tax returns
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.
Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 1st Tax Payment on Account: Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 1st Tax Payment on Account
Bring forward COVID-19 Self-employment grants to April 2020: Bring forward COVID-19 Self-employment grants to April 2020
Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19: Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19
For self employed new mums to not be discriminated against in the 80% gov help: For self employed new mums to not be discriminated against in the 80% gov help
Blanket payment for the self-employed similar to the AU and US stimulus payment: Blanket payment for the self-employed similar to the AU and US stimulus payment
If you want the Government to make a change which is not covered by any of the above petitions, you could start a new petition stating clearly what change you want the Government to make.
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/
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
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
Base self employed income support grant on 2019-20 tax returns: Base self employed income support grant on 2019-20 tax returns
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.
Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 1st Tax Payment on Account: Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 1st Tax Payment on Account
Bring forward COVID-19 Self-employment grants to April 2020: Bring forward COVID-19 Self-employment grants to April 2020
Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19: Pay self-employed workers 80% of gross income during Covid-19
For self employed new mums to not be discriminated against in the 80% gov help: For self employed new mums to not be discriminated against in the 80% gov help
Blanket payment for the self-employed similar to the AU and US stimulus payment: Blanket payment for the self-employed similar to the AU and US stimulus payment
If you want the Government to make a change which is not covered by any of the above petitions, you could start a new petition stating clearly what change you want the Government to make.
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
| 6 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
15
Status
Rejected
Rejected
1 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.