Rejected petition Review the Self Employment Covid Grant to Include 2019-20 tax year.

To review the support offered for self employed workers, currently there is no grant or furlough for the sector of workers that have only been self employed for the last 18months, review this years Tax returns so this sector also has support, even if it is at the year end.

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The newly self employed are one of the most vulnerable, we have put all we have into starting up our businesses, we are financially drained and are at bigger risk of losing everything.
I was employed until 16 months ago when I started up on my own, if I was still in that job I would of received 80% furlough, if I was self employed through all of 2018 I would of received 80% grant, because I was 50% in each I get nothing.

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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Pay self employed workers a wage due to lack or earnings caused by COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303345

Provide COVID19 income support for the newly self-employed, without HMRC records: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310471

Base self employed income support grant on 2019-20 tax returns: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318435

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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.

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Date submitted 27 May 2020
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