Petition · past parliament
Mr. Sunak. Support live music & events workers until Govt re-opens our sector!
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Rishi Sunak.
First to lock down, still banned from working. We’ve campaigned with #WeMakeEvents & #LetTheMusicPlay. We’ve implored. The 1.57billion doesn’t help us contractors. You’re killing live music. Please support us if you value the arts as you say you do or uk live music will die.
First to lock down, still banned from working. We’ve campaigned with #WeMakeEvents & #LetTheMusicPlay. We’ve implored. The 1.57billion doesn’t help us contractors. You’re killing live music. Please support us if you value the arts as you say you do or uk live music will die.
The UK live music sector brings billions to the economy yearly.
The same sector employs thousands of highly skilled industry professionals, all of whom have had no work for the past 6 months with little likelihood of restarting until Spring 2021.
Without support all of us could lose their livelihoods for good.
We are calling for meaningful support from the Government. We need it now. If the U.K. is truly a democracy, then STOP IGNORING US!
The same sector employs thousands of highly skilled industry professionals, all of whom have had no work for the past 6 months with little likelihood of restarting until Spring 2021.
Without support all of us could lose their livelihoods for good.
We are calling for meaningful support from the Government. We need it now. If the U.K. is truly a democracy, then STOP IGNORING US!
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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Offer more support to the arts (particularly Theatres and Music) amidst COVID-19
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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 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
| 25 Sep 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 Oct 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
16 Oct 2020
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