Allow 'Non-Essential' Retailers to re-open.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The livelihoods of thousands of independent retailers are under threat.
This is unfair and unnecessary as they have spent millions on making their premises safe and hygienic.
Allow them to reopen as a matter of urgency.

A recent Sage paper reported that closing ‘non-essential’ retail would have minimal impact on the transmission of Covid. This is thanks to the hundreds of millions of pounds retailers have spent making their stores Covid-secure and safe for customers and colleagues.

We will come into 2021 with thousands of independent retailers bankrupt and hundreds of thousands of shop workers unemployed and unemployable, for evermore.

Please act now; allow 'non essential' retailers to re-open.

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: 'Non Essential' shops should be allowed to stay open during the current lockdown

Timeline

7 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
9 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Nov 2020

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