Rejected petition Government to use London black taxis to ferry NHS workers to and from work.

The government should use black taxi drivers they have a partition between driver and passenger , wheelchair ramp , fully insured , DBS checked and a full knowledge of London making for a quick and efficient service . Please let’s get this done ! The Government could pay a set weekly fee

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The Government should be helping ferry the NHS workers to and from work in the safest way possible for the staff and the drivers to stop cross contamination.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The Government is not responsible for arranging transport to work for NHS staff.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to fund fund free Travel, Parking, Hotel & Childcare during COVID-19 for NHS staff, which you might like to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305854

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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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Date submitted 24 March 2020
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