On the day that hundreds gathered in Liverpool as @ExcludedUnity campaign yet again with a cross party platform of speakers to draw attention to the plight of the #ExcludedUnity refused Furlough, it's time for another installment of 'Questions for Quince' @willquince. The answer?

This is for the 3.8 million lives that were ignored. The freelancers and the self employed. The Conference are trying every trick to have this taken down…so I’ve just deployed large digital vans as well, to keep circling the area.

EXCELLENT ARTICLE BY THE BBC ABOUT THE CONTINUED PLIGHT OF THE EXCLUDED, EVEN AFTER IT BEING 5 YEARS SINCE THE START OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC A huge thank you to the @BBCNews team who covered the stories of #ExcludedUK members, Tim Pravda (@ExcludedFighter) and Chris Andrews, who told their story of their Covid-19 experience and how it still impacts on them 5 years after the start of the pandemic. Please share far and wide to keep our story out there. The Youtube video link is: youtu.be/HnhhVMG13Zc?si=wszS… The online news article link is: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd92… DID YOU GET LITTLE OR NO FINANCIAL SUPPORT DURING COVID? Were you excluded from fair and equal Covid-19 financial support? If so, join some of the other 3.8 million UK taxpayers who were, as we campaign for this scandal to be put right.. bit.ly/3UunLTY Dutifully paid in, deliberately left out! Lives & livelihoods ruined! 37 suicides and hundreds of attempted suicides! Website: excludeduk.org Facebook Group: bit.ly/3UunLTY Sign our petition petition.parliament.uk/petit… Sign up to our mailing list: bit.ly/4bdpB0U There are over 20 categories of exclusions including: ·New starters ·New Businesses ·PAYE freelancers ·Newly self-employed ·Those denied furlough ·Directors paid in Dividends ·Directors paid PAYE Annually ·Made redundant before 19 Mar 2020 ·Directors of Companies not in Profit ·Self-employed with £50k trading profits ·Businesses ineligible for Business Grants ·Those in maternity/parental/adoption leave ·Those earning less than 50% income from self-employment ·Those whose personal circumstances have affected entitlement to support e.g. pensions, bereavement allowance, carer’s allowance, students, armed forces veterans… and more… ExcludedUK are asking for: (1) An apology from government so this injustice is recognised and assurance that it will never happen again. (2) Parity of support (3) Acknowledgement of loss of earnings/profit and consequential loss. #ExcludedUK A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE FIRST LORD WHO HAS REGISTERED AS MEMBER OF OUR ‘GAPS IN COVID-19 FINANCIAL SUPPORT’ APPG: The Rt Hon Lord Brady of Altrincham (@conservatives) AS SECRETARIAT FOR THE NEW ‘GAPS IN COVID-19 FINANCIAL SUPPORT’ APPG, #ExcludedUK, would like to welcome all Lords and MPs as new members. To join, either message us on here or email excludeduk@hotmail.com Members of APPG so far: Steve Witherden MP (Chair) @switherdenMP Manuela Perteghella MP (Officer) @MP4Stratford Al Pinkerton MP (Officer) @AlPinkerton Greg Smith MP (Officer) @gregsmith_uk The Rt Hon Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative) Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon Apsana Begum MP @ApsanaBegumMP Andrew Cooper MP @GoAndrCoop Jake Richards MP @JakeBenRichards Marsha De Cordova MP @MarshadeCordova Esther McVey MP @EstherMcVey1 Chris Bloore MP @ChrisBloore Tim Farron MP @timfarron Paul Kohler MP @PaulKohlerSW19 Alex Sobel MP @alexsobel Graham Leadbitter MP @GrahamSNP Emma Lewell-Buck MP @EmmaLewellBuck John McDonnell MP @johnmcdonnellMP Charlotte Cane MP @CharlotteCane8 Claire Young MP @ClaireforTAY Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP @BellRibeiroAddy Sorcha Eastwood MP @SorchaEastwood Ben Lake MP @BenMLake Caroline Voaden MP @CarolineVoaden Rosie Duffield MP @RosieDuffield1 Vikki Slade MP @VikkiSlade72 Mary Glindon MP @GlindonMary Kirsty Blackman MP @KirstySNP Yasmin Qureshi MP @YasminQureshiMP Matt Western MP @MattWestern_ Grahame Morris MP @grahamemorris Rachael Maskell MP @RachaelMaskell Matt Turmaine MP @Turmaine Carla Lockhart MP @carlalockhart Kim Johnson MP @KimJohnsonMP Paula Barker MP @PaulaBarkerMP Neil Duncan-Jordan MP @NeilForPoole Imran Hussain MP @Imran_HussainMP Ian Byrne MP @IanByrneMP Tom Morrison MP @ThomasMorrison Sammy Wilson MP @eastantrimmp Chris Law MP @ChrisLawSNP Zoe Franklin MP @ZoeFranklinLD Afzal Khan MP @AfzalKhanMCR Sarah Dyke MP @SarahDykeLD To join, either message us on here or email excludeduk@hotmail.com To all those who have not yet pledged their support for this APPG, your excluded constituents would really appreciate you joining us to campaign: To acknowledge the challenges faced by UK taxpayers excluded from Government financial support during the COVID-19 pandemic, to address the failings of past provisions, and to develop equitable solutions ensuring no one is excluded from support in future crises We would love to welcome you. To join, either message us on here or email excludeduk@hotmail.com

Breaking: To my many Excluded followers, the Labour Government have just this minute said they are not going to give you a penny, but lessons will be learned for next time... Shameful cc @billgreenwood @ExcludedUK @ExcludedFighter

Rachel Flower from campaign group Excluded UK says there is a lack of political will to help the three million people ineligible for Covid financial support. “It has been absolutely shocking to see how difficult it is to truly hold the government to account” @iancollinsuk

Breaking: To my many Excluded followers, the Labour Government have just this minute said they are not going to give you a penny, but lessons will be learned for next time... Shameful cc @billgreenwood @ExcludedUK @ExcludedFighter

WE ARE STILL GRIEVING! THIS COULD AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED! This week is #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and this feels so poignant as the #ExcludedUK community were devasted by losing one of our members to suicide last Bank Holiday Monday. This time last week, two children came home after a day out with their grandparents, to find their excluded parent had taken their own life. Just think about that for a second... what had been a lovely day out at the seaside had turned into the worst day of these children's lives. This #ExcludedUK suicide, and the other 37 that we know of, could have been avoided if @RishiSunak and the @Conservatives had not made the policy decision to exclude 3.8 million UK taxpayers from equal Covid-19 Financial Support. The excluded were told that they were forbidden from opening their businesses and those employed who were affected, were denied the CJRS offered due to various circumstances, all no fault of their own! MPs... PLEASE show your constituents you care by joining the 'Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support' APPG. For those interested in joining the APPG as an ordinary member, Labour MP Steve Witherden (Mongomeryshire and Glyndŵr) @switherdenMP, set up and is Chair of the ‘Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support APPG’ and your excluded constituents would really appreciate you register to join. All officer positions have been taken, so you are invited to be an ordinary member. If you are unable to attend the meetings in person, for whatever reason, this is not an issue as we will email all progress directly to you after each meeting. Our previous APPG had over 260 cross-party MPs and we are hoping to match that with our new APPG. To join, please DM us on here, or email excludeduk@hotmail.com If you are not aware of us, please read on…. ExcludedUK represent the 3.8 million UK taxpayers excluded from parity of Covid-19 financial support, yet they were told they could not work or open their businesses. That 10% of the UK workforce is equivalent to the population of Wales! Also, there were only an average of 500,000 job vacancies during the pandemic, (source data from the ONS) , so what were the other 3.3 million of us supposed to do?!?! YES! This WAS 5 years ago… but the devastation is still being felt by businesses and individuals, YOUR CONSTITUENTS, even now! 1 SUCCESSFUL SUICIDE AND 10 ATTEMPTED SUICIDES RECENTLY OVER BOUNCE BACK LOANS! YOUR #EXCLUDEDUK CONSTITUENTS NEED YOU AND ARE ASKING WHERE YOU ARE… PLEASE SHOW THEM YOUR SUPPORT BY JOINING OUR APPG We have sadly had at least 38 suicides and hundreds of attempted suicides, 10 in the last few months. We dutifully paid in but were deliberately left out! Lives & livelihoods ruined! Website: excludeduk.org There are over 20 categories of exclusions including: ·New starters ·New Businesses ·PAYE freelancers ·Newly self-employed ·Those denied furlough ·Directors paid in Dividends ·Directors paid PAYE Annually ·Made redundant before 19 Mar 2020 ·Directors of Companies not in Profit ·Self-employed with £50k trading profits ·Businesses ineligible for Business Grants ·Those in maternity/parental/adoption leave ·Those earning less than 50% income from self-employment ·Those whose personal circumstances have affected entitlement to support e.g. pensions, bereavement allowance, carer’s allowance, students, armed forces veterans… and more… ExcludedUK are asking for: (1) An apology from government so this injustice is recognised and assurance that it will never happen again. (2) Parity of support (3) Acknowledgement of loss of earnings/profit and consequential loss. #ExcludedUK