Petition · past parliament

Free Congestion Charge for all Key Workers during COVID-19 pandemic.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Key Workers, in particular NHS Key Workers, have the additional stressor during this COVID-19 pandemic, that they cannot afford to reduce their transmission of COVID-19 through continued use of public transport, even when these Key Workers have their own car available.
Essential prevention of Key Workers transmitting COVID-19 to highly vulnerable groups via these Key Workers being able to afford to travel in their own vehicles, rather than public transport. Key Workers in particular, NHS Key Workers should be encouraged to not take public transport and use their own vehicles instead at all costs. The Expenses Claims process furthermore is complicated and lengthy, a process which should not be required during a pandemic.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

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We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

During lock-down the Government should pay for all NHS staff's travel expenses: During lock-down the Government should pay for all NHS staff's travel expenses.

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

15 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
5 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Jun 2020

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