Rejected petition Ban shareholder dividends for companies receiving state help during COVID crisis

Ban companies from paying out shareholder dividends if they have received tax breaks, furloughed staff, got bailouts or any other form of assistance from the government or state during the COVID-19 crisis.

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It seems only fair at this time when we are all doing all we can to help the economy and keep businesses going, that businesses themselves respond in kind by taking the minimum assistance necessary instead of topping up their profits with tax payer funds.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Decisions about the payment of dividends are a matter for individual companies, not the Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to restrict Government support for Covid-19 to dividend-paying companies, which you might like to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306053

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 find 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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 8 April 2020
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