Extend self employed covid grant support beyond 30th May.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Extend self employed grant support for the self employed till October in line with the furloughed scheme for the employed

The self employed are vital to the UK economy. Why are they being left in limbo and scared they will not have income to cover living expenses. Why if they pay the same level of income tax , are they being discriminated against for not having a big boss employer?

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

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

27 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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