Rejected petition Improve the aid extended to self-employed people unable to work due to Covid-19

Make the aid offered to self-employed people unable to work due to Covid-19 on a par with the aid offered to those on PAYE i.e. remove the following inclusion criteria i) cap of >£50k p/a ii) those who have recently become self-employed.

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Self-employed people pay taxes and NI, just as people on PAYE. With the current aid offered, many self-employed people will fall through the gaps, unable to meet living expenses. Just because some self-employed earn over £50k p/a or have only just become self-employed does not mean they have savings or the means to sustain living expenses,

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310471

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310455

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Date submitted 26 March 2020
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