Petition · past parliament

Help for self employed under the government bracket

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government need to help the self employed who have only ran there own businesses for 3 years or less. There are many people and businesses that will be hit hard by forced closure and can't claim a penny in self employed grants.
To help save many many businesses.

Why it was rejected

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

We understand you want the Government to provide more support for the self-employed, however it's not clear what kind of support you want.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a related action: Change the criteria for SEISS grants for 2019-2020 tax year traders.

Further information

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

26 Nov 2020 Petition opened for signatures
2 Dec 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Dec 2020

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