Petition · past parliament
Recently Self-employed should now be eligible for a grant.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Approve a grant for recently self employed who have not yet completed a full financial year.
All the other people are eligible to the grant or the furlough scheme apart from recently self employed (who have not yet completed a full financial year) who do not come under any support scheme at the moment. We do not know where the pandemic will take us financially, also do not know when it will end. It is unfair on people who have become Self-employed in this financial year.
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: Change the criteria for SEISS grants for 2019-2020 tax year traders
Timeline
| 5 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Jan 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
6 Jan 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.