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Use UTC/GMT for the whole year.

Submitted on Sunday 31st March 2019

Rejected on Thursday 23rd May 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Use UTC/GMT for the whole year.

Petition Details

Studies have highlighted numerous issues with DST, including higher risk of heart attacks, strokes, car crashes, disruption to sleeping patterns and loss of work.
DST has also been shown to cause more energy consumption and cost more money to the economy.
The UK should use GMT permanently.

Additional Information

https://edition-m.cnn.com/2016/03/11/health/daylight-saving-time-health-effects/index.html

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/daylight-saving-time-european-parliament-vote?utm_medium=applenews&utm_source=applenews

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Healthday/story?id=4509150&page=1


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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