This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Business that are less then a year old should be entitled to financial help!
Review the legislation that has just been passed on help for the self employed
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80% pay for business less then 1 year old and others that are in the 5% catorgary.
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We think this petition is similar:
Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310471
We have also published these petitions calling for changes to the support for the self employed:
Remove the £50k earnings limit for self-employed to access government funding: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310455
Coronavirus Support Package for Directors / Shareholders of small Limited Co's: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310515
Get HMRC to refund the Self-Employed their Jan 2020 1st Tax Payment on Account: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304995
Bring forward COVID-19 Self-employment grants to April 2020: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310898
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
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
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