Rejected petition Pay small business owners loss of earnings during Carona Virus limitations.

Small business owners would close, even if not forced to, if they knew they would get an instant closure payment to cover basic business and personal bills. Without income many will have to close permanently, get into debt that isn’t there fault. We all, and government, need to keep them running.

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You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack or earnings caused by COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303345

Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310515

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 18 March 2020
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