Bring forward the date of the fourth self employment support grant

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

The government promised that the self employed could access a fourth grant to cover Feb, March and April. This was to to be available from February 2021. It was then moved to early March and now “late” April. This leaves self employed people with an extra three month gap between payments.

This means people will have to stretch three months payments over six months. This will cause financial hardship for thousands of people.

Why it was rejected

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

Bring the fourth SEISS grant payment forward to March

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/

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Mar 2021

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