Rejected petition Save jobs and lives by repurposing the closing restaurants, pubs and bars

Enable the UK's hospitality industry, the kitchens and the skilled staff of the businesses you're forcing into closure to prepare, cook and deliver nutritious and possibly life saving meals to the members of society who will need it most during these hard times. Feed people. Retain jobs. Save lives

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Covid-19 is going to claim many lives. The business closures will worsen the losses. The hospitality industry is a lifeline of hundreds of thousands of skilled and valuable workers who can help keep our country properly fed and healthy during these critical times. Forcing these people into unemployment will not only be an additional strain on the economy, but is denying vulnerable members of our society access to healthy, live saving food. Social distancing yes. Societal destruction, no.

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The Government has already announced plans to enable pubs and restaurants to operate as hot food takeaways to serve people having to stay at home: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-grant-permission-for-pubs-and-restaurants-to-operate-as-takeaways-as-part-of-coronavirus-response

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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