Petition · past parliament

Ask the government to keep making the daily briefings

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Ask the government to keep making the daily briefings, include the comparisons between the UK rates of covid-19 against other countries
To protect our health we need to have up to date information

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 instead: We call upon the government to reinstate the Covid19 Daily Briefings.

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

23 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
4 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Sep 2020

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