Petition · past parliament

Help the newly self employed with income support/grant

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Help newly self employed people that are effected from corona virus since the first lockdown like the kind of help Northern Ireland is getting etc a grant payment
People who are newly self employed and are losing out on money because of covid 19 and are being punished with being force to go in to debt just because they are new to being self employed it isn’t fair ! People in Northern Ireland are being helped for this very reason and I want it for people on mainland uk also , people still have lives and need an income to pay for it etc. Food , mortgage ,utility bills and people can’t simply go on without any help form the government

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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Provide a grant for newly self-employed as they have done in Northern Ireland.
Provide a grant for newly self-employed as they have done in Northern Ireland.

Timeline

15 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
22 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Jan 2021

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