This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition PAUSE THE ECONOMY DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.
Most businesses are now shut. People are on reduced or no salary, and many have already been made redundant. The solutions for longevity of life in the UK are sticking plaster fixes. We need the government to pause the economy to stabilise everyone's income and allow us to get through this pandemic.
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For 3 months minimum:
Make all utilities free (gas, electric, water, council tax).
Make banks and finance companies no longer able to charge interest.
Negotiate the shut down of the stock exchange.
Cancel all rent payments.
Ensure everyone has a minimum level of food based on food parcels.
It is time to protect the people of the UK so they can follow the lockdown order. Forcing people out of work and out of their homes is a much bigger world catastrophe than Covid-19. It WILL cause a depression
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We have published petitions on a number of aspects of your petition, while some areas, such as contractual arrangements for the payment of rent and utilities, are not the responsibility of the Government.
You may wish to sign the following petitions:
Encourage lenders to suspend interest, fees and repayments during COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305297
Require councils to suspend council tax payments during the coronavirus outbreak: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303274
Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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