Rejected petition Include the newly self-employed in the financial help scheme during Covid 19.

Many of us are left feeling worried and abandoned. Being newly self employed, we have not yet filed a self assessment report, as we are still in our first year of trading. So we do not qualify for the chancellors new scheme to help the self employed through the Corona Virus out break.

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We pay Tax and NI contributions just like the rest of the self employed but we are left without the support of the new scheme.

Worried and unsure of how and when we will be able to earn money to cover our bills. We are left with the option of basic universal credit, which will not cover our outgoings (some may not even qualify for this).

We urge you to help us by supporting us through these scary times and unknown territories and not leave us behind to fend for our selves.

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

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/

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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Date submitted 28 March 2020
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