This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Pause/cap bills. Statutory sick pay should be a living wage during the pandemic
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The statutory sick pay is not enough for many people to afford to live during Covid-19. Landlords, Lettings agents, utilities, council tax, lenders and debt payments for those on sick pay should be paused or capped. The aim is for people to not lose their homes or more while they cannot work.
“Tell us more about why you want the Government or Parliament to do it” because the majority of these businesses are not going to do it out of the goodness of their hearts, unfortunately.
This also applies to those receiving a reduced wage due to the pandemic.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302277You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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