Rejected petition Make public transport free during COVID-19 for people that travel into work

Not everyone is able to work from home during these difficult times.
A lot of people face financial difficulties because of the COVID-19 outbreak and are already exposed to the risk of being contaminated by using public transport for travelling into work.

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This petition is urging the government to make public transport free during Coronavirus for the people that need to go into work and have no other travel options, such as driving or walking.
The professions that would have access to this may include, but is not limited to:
care workers, teachers (supply or assistants), medical staff, supermarket staff, cleaners.

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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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305801

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Date submitted 19 March 2020
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