{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/558135.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":558135,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Allow self-employed the same right as everyone else that is furloughed - 80% pay","background":"With them the new lockdown on the arisen, and people being furloughed with 80% pay. Allow the self-employed to claim the same instead of the 40% quoted now!  They still have to pay bills, they still have mortgages and rent on buildings!","additional_details":"This isn’t fair for the self-employed to suffer. A lot of the country as we know is self-employed. And it is only fair. Discrimination at its finest!","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2020-11-02T13:58:10.156Z","updated_at":"2020-11-09T13:43:06.215Z","rejected_at":"2020-11-09T13:43:06.217Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-11-02T14:47:07.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"already-happening","details":"Since you started your petition the Government has extended the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grant so that it covers a 3 month period from 1 November 2020 until 31 January 2021, for which the Government will provide a taxable grant calculated at 80% of 3 months average monthly trading profits, paid out in a single installment and capped at £7,500 in total: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/self-employment-income-support-scheme-grant-extension/self-employment-income-support-scheme-grant-extension"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}