Rejected petition Support all self employed through the lockdown.

Rejected on 11 November 2020

Provide everyone support regardless if you are self employed or not traded for 1 year 6 months or 5 years. Even if they pay a minimum wage.

Provide support to all employed and self employed people. Regardlesa of the length they have been trading. Anybsupport is better than nothing. Stop the closures of companies and the releasing of employed staff. The chancellor and government needs to include everyone to stop further austerity and further rises in mental health.

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about people who may not be eligible for current support schemes, but it is not clear whether you want the Government to expand the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme or Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, or both, or create a new system of support.

We have published a number of petitions calling for changes to both of these schemes, which you might like to sign:

Extend Self-Employment income support in alignment with the Job Retention scheme: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320655

Change eligibility to Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to a gradated scale: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323780

Pay self-employed workers 80% of trading profit regardless of other income/jobs: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318716

We have also published a number of petitions calling for other types of support:

Blanket payment for the self-employed similar to the AU and US stimulus payment: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318666

One-off Grant To Be Paid To Anyone Who Has Not Benefited From A Covid-19 Scheme: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/319899

Provide financial support to all workers who self-isolate due to Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/551954

If you would like the Government to take an action not covered by the above petitions we could accept a petition making a new request, but it would need to be clear exactly what support you want the Government to provide.

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