This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Reform Universal Credits.
Permanent abolition of the minimum income floor.
Universal Credits, paid in-line with poverty line with housing support payments in addition.
Business start-up/redevelopment loan of £50 000.
Business start-up/ongoing educational support.
Educational program, access to all levels of education.
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5 million Self-Employed suffering financially.
1 million working people on zero-hour contracts.
Reduced educational effectiveness.
14 million people reduced to poverty.
320 thousand people subjected to homelessness.
Millions of people facing financial difficulty.
Financial and work-related psychological/addiction problems.
Fragile economic stability, unstable job availability.
Heavy reductions in public financial support and investment.
People being left behind, crime getting out of control.
This petition was rejected
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.
Your petition title refers to reforming Universal Credit but your petition goes on to talk about business loans, which have nothing to do with Universal Credit.
We could accept a petition calling for changes to Universal Credit, such as the permanent abolition of the minimum income floor, but it would need to be clear exactly what changes you want to be made to Universal Credit. We have published the following related petition, which you might like to sign:
Extend the suspension of the Universal Credit Minimum Income Floor: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/552461
We could also accept a petition calling on the Government to create a new system of business grants and educational support, but it would need to be clear what support you wanted to be provided, and to whom.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.