Rejected petition To extend the business rates relief to cover Medical Services after being denied

This morning the Government denied Medical Services (Dentists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Doctors, Vets) eligibility for the business rates relief.

It is extremely disappointing that at a time of a health emergency Medical Services are penalised when they are needed the most.

More details

We ask the Government to review its decision and extend its aid package to the Medical Services and other essential service providers who are disproportionally affected at this time. It seems particularly harsh that during a time of a health crisis the Government is not providing aid for medical services.

Personally as a healthcare provider who is desperately trying to keep our patients healthy as well as our team employed I implore this review as soon as possible.

This petition was rejected

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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305899

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 20 March 2020
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.