Submitted on Saturday 15th March 2025
Rejected on Wednesday 9th April 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Election Manifestos of political parties must become legally binding contracts
The parties publicly declare their policies that they promise to deliver if elected into office; this is the Election Manifesto. There is no legal mechanism in place besides general/local elections to hold parties to account. Election manifestos should be made into legally binding contracts.
If an elected government, local council, elected mayor, or assembly breaks the contract they've delivered to the electorate. The party in question should be taken to the British courts; if found guilty, the punishment should be a fine, and the payment would be from the party's own funding and not from the taxpayer to deter UK parties from purposefully deceiving the electorate.
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Make breaking a manifesto against the law and trigger a General Election
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700035
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