Government should support the poorest in society during Covid Pandemic.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Improve benefit system to support the poor including:
Revising rules for universal/tax credits, widening FSM eligibility, abolishing benefit cap, ending 5 week wait for Universal Credit, making advance payments into cash grants, SSP at 80% of wages for those with less than Lower Earnings Limit.

Without radical change, vulnerable families will not survive as unemployment rises and there is a new, inhumane benefit system.
20% of people live in poverty in UK. The threshold is a despicable £195 a week for a lone parent with 2 children.
Tragically, 1/3 of the bottom 10% of earners worked in the worst-hit sectors, against 1/20 of those in the top 10%. The poverty rate for workers in the worst hit sectors is 28% in England & child poverty at 41% compared to 24% in Scotland.
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Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do, or you might like to search for and sign petitions that already cover some of the requests you are making, such as

Extend financial support for workers made redundant due to Covid
Extend the suspension of the Universal Credit Minimum Income Floor

Timeline

22 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
7 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Jan 2021

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