Petition · past parliament

Provide £10,000 one-off payment for all excluded from current support schemes

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Available for all excluded from current government support grants, SEISS and furlough schemes

-£10,000 one-off taxable payment
-Administered via HMRC
-Counted as income towards personal tax allowance
-No affect on eligibility of government loan schemes (CBILS and BBL)
The Chancellor stated that nobody would be left behind, and support would be provided to all who needed it.
Approximately 3 million are excluded from current support schemes, due to starting self employment or changing jobs after specific dates, meaning they have had no income since mid march.
This is not fair.
A single taxable payment will help the economy recover and ensure future government income via tax.
The alternative is increased unemployment and unnecessary strain on the benefit system.

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: One-off Grant To Be Paid To Anyone Who Has Not Benefited From A Covid-19 Scheme

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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.

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Timeline

13 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
10 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 10 Jul 2020

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