Rejected petition PROVIDE AN EMERGENCY MINIMUM WAGE FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED AND FREELANCERS

We're asking for a suspension on tax payments and an emergency minimum wage for all freelancers and the self-employed.

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To Boris Johnson and the UK government,

Millions of us who are either self-employed of freelance are facing serious uncertainty in the face of Coronavirus (COVID-19). We're being forced into choosing between food and rent. It's even scarier for families or those with dependents.

Universal basic income takes five weeks and is nowehere near enough to support us. That's why we're asking for emergency legislation to:
Provide a minimum wage for freelancers and the self-employed.

Suspend tax payments for the self-employed and freelancers

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.

Since you started your petition the Government has announced support for self-employed individuals: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-gives-support-to-millions-of-self-employed-individuals

We have also published a petition calling on the Government to implement Universal Basic Income to give home and food security through Covid-19, which you might like to sign: 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

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

Date submitted 21 March 2020
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