Petition · past parliament
Extend the self-employed income support scheme in line with furlough
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
We now know employees will be covered until October under the furlough scheme. Yet the self-employed only have a few weeks left on their support scheme.
The SEISS scheme has given support to millions of self-employed people. But cutting it off will have a devastating impact for people all over the country.If the self-employed income support isn't extended, many of us won't be able survive.
Please make sure that the self-employed income support scheme is extended in line with employed support,for some of us our industries won't be starting up for a long time to come and we need to be supported like PAYE employees are
Please make sure that the self-employed income support scheme is extended in line with employed support,for some of us our industries won't be starting up for a long time to come and we need to be supported like PAYE employees are
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: Extend Self-Employment income support in alignment with the Job Retention scheme
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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
| 19 May 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.