Rejected petition If Dominic Cummings will not resign, should the Prime Minister sack him?

Parliament must undertake an objective review of whether Mr Cummings’ actions set a precedent for people not to do their “civic duty”, with the likely knock on detrimental effect upon the health of the nation and a reduction in trust in the government and the principles it is supposed to uphold.

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Because lives may be lost for so long as Mr Cummings’ actions continue to be supported by the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues.

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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.

Date submitted 30 May 2020
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