Rejected petition Support J Downey’s #NationalTimeOut & save bars/restaurants/ cafes closure.

Rolled out nationally.The next 9 months' rent is pushed back so restaurants pay nothing until 1st quarter of 2021. Leases extended by 9 months so payments aren't lost, just postponed. Landlords helped with same push back on 9 months of loan repayments. And other protections in the proposal.

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Our hospitality industry will be decimated by covid 19. Britain has always prided its cultural contribution to the world with music and the arts. We will see a whole generation of businesses and jobs, particularly for young people, lost forever.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Suspending payments for rent is a matter for individual landlords, and not the UK Government or Parliament.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Encourage lenders, landlords and utilities to freeze payments during lockdown: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302256

Economic assistance for the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302162

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

Date submitted 21 April 2020
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