Rejected petition Dismiss Dominic Cummings from his post in Downing Street.

It is important to show the public of this country that the Government and its employees are prepared to offer leadership in the current crisis and lead by example. Rather than behave in a way reduces the effectivness of the then, current and future policies.

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Dispense with the services of this individual for conduct prejudicial to the good name and standing of Parliament and the British Government.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about honours or appointments.

We can’t accept petitions about appointments, which includes calling for someone to lose their job. Taking disciplinary action or firing someone is a matter for individual employers to take in line with employment law and the employer’s HR policies.

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

Lockdown breaches by Government officials must be treated as Gross Misconduct: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/321970

Public Inquiry into consistent enforcement of lockdown rules: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/322360

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.