Rejected petition Make SSP and SMP enough to cover bills

At the moment statutory pay for sickness and maternity is 98 pound and 148 pound respectively. This is not enough to live on with the raising cost of living and with so many people being forced to self isolate and taking maternity early. We need to make living on these payments possible.

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This self isolation will cause people to get into debt and arrears with rent. As this is an inforced isolation by the government statutory payments should be made so that people can live on

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you want the Government to increase Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay, but it's not clear what you mean by making it enough to cover bills.

We have already published a petition calling on the Government to Increase Statutory Sick Pay, which you might like to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302277

You could start a new petition calling on the Government to increase Statutory Maternity Pay.

We have also published a number of other petitions calling on the Government to take action to prevent financial hardship to individuals.

If you want the Government to require councils to suspend council tax payments during the coronavirus outbreak, you may wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303274

If you want the Government to encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown, you may wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256

If you want the Government to implement Universal Basic Income to give home and food security during the coronavirus outbreak, you may also wish to sign this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302284

You 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

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

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Date submitted 17 March 2020
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