Fill the gaps in SEISS payments.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government has offered employed workers on furlough consistent support for an eighteen month period, but only fifteen months worth of support for the self employed during that same period. We ask that The Chancellor addresses this issue immediately in order to restore parity with the employed.

Over the course of the last year the government has announced a total of five SEISS payments, each supposedly covering a three month period from March 2020 to September 2021. The only problem is that there are eighteen months in that period, but five payments covering three months apiece clearly only covers a total of fifteen months. The Chancellor has wilfully neglected to cover three months of earnings for the self employed. Many will struggle if this gap is not plugged immediately.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may like to sign the petition we currently have open on this topic:

Backdate self-employed SEISS support for September and October
Backdate self-employed SEISS support for September and October

Timeline

3 Mar 2021	Petition opened for signatures
10 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Mar 2021

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