Submitted on Sunday 31st March 2019
Rejected on Thursday 23rd May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Use UTC/GMT for the whole year.
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.
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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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/251677
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