We bailed out the banks, it is time for the banks to repay that debt! The three-month holiday from monthly payments is a standard feature in mortgage products offered by lenders and is nothing new. The banks are offering only to waive the assessment process of the customers financials in order to obtain approval of the facility. This facility will prove profitable for the banks, it is nothing more than a deferment of these payments into the future. Lenders still charge interest during this period and simply add this interest to the loan which will then increase monthly direct debit payments. For those people who have been struggling to meet their monthly expenses before the lockdown, how can they be expected to meet the additional cost of this facility once payments resume. The solution is to apply a three-month break from mortgage and loan payments without adding penalties and charges and simply increase the term of the loan by three months. No-one is winning here, we all have to do our bit and now it is time for banks to do theirs. The public suffered years of austerity and are in return asking for three months!

For those working through the pandemic it would be helpful to have some form of financial support to help support them and their families, who members of which may be on furlough and losing money or worse have been made unemployed. Not being eligible , for example, for mortgage assistance as I rent this would make a big difference.

With COVID-19 having a devastating impact on the UK. Companies that are not registered to pay tax in the UK, should not be eligible to claim.

Credit card companies must not be allowed to make money from the pandemic Many people will have taken on credit card borrowing, expecting to pay it off using their regular income, and now have no regular income, or substantially less income, or are being temporarily supported through the benefit system. Every financial avenue needs to be explored to help at this very difficult time. I have seen no sign to date that the financial sector, who have made billions from credit charges over the years, are offering this help and they need to step up now, and do their bit. This help is cross cutting as it impacts the economy, health, and welfare.

There are thousands of agency workers, such as myself, who would normally have work but have little or no work because the firms they usually work for have closed down. The Government has offered to pay up to 80% of the wages for employed people and will be announcing help for the self-employed but, so far, there has been no mention of the thousands of agency workers. During the current crisis we have no income if we do not work and without firms being open for business there is no demand for workers. We still have mouths to feed and bills to pay, just like the rest of society. We need the same level of support in order to make ends meet. Please send a clear message to the Government that they must support agency workers at this time of national crisis. Thank you.

This is important due to the current global pandemic!! The staff on 0 hour contracts have families at home to look after!! How is this possible when they only receive SSP?!

Most of my clients are artists and crafts people and some can claim artists or creative averaging. This means that the profits of a good year resulting from a gallery show or the sale of a book can be averaged with the profits of the preceding or following year if it would be beneficial. My petition is to try to persuade the government to extend this to all self employed people who are not receiving the benefits available to employed people in the current crisis. One of my clients is a hairdresser who works only in care homes. Since the care homes have been closed to visitors her income has disappeared. The Chancellor has deferred the July SA tax payments until January next year but they will still have to be paid. If my suggestion was introduced her profits of the current tax year (2019/20) could be averaged with those of the next tax year (2020/20) and could result in a reduction of her liabilities. I also do the accounts and tax return for a builder/decorator and general handyman. His work has dropped off because of social distancing. I have several clients but not many of them are VAT registered and the rest are below the threshold. Consequently I am more aware than most accountants of how the self employed will be affected by the current crisis. A temporary change to the rules of self assessment would, in the long term, alleviate some of their problems.

To stop the spread of Coronavirus everyone must act, by helping taking away the fear of paying bills people will feel less guilty and reluctant to not go to work where possible.

It is not peoples fault this has happened they should not suffer.

Because if banks start changing us to withdraw cash from there machines they could start charging us for using their debit/credit cards so we have to put an end to this before it starts.

In towns like ours, where there are no bank branches and only one ATM in the local co-op, the current post office facility is essential, particularly for people without access to transport.

Students go to university to help further their career however universal credit take into account maintenance loans as earned income when it is categorised as a loan! It isn’t earned! It has to be repaid!