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Ban local councils from requiring work permits for under 16s eligible to work

Submitted by Bella Hughes-Ward on Monday 16th June 2025

Published on Monday 7th July 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 7th January 2026

Signatures: 116

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Considered ~ Council ~ Jobs ~ local ~ Obvious ~ Personality ~ work

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Ban local councils from requiring work permits for under 16s eligible to work

Petition Details

We would like the Government to ban local councils from requiring work permits for under 16s for any job, for those already eligible to work. We think this would help more under 16s get a job

Additional Information

We don’t think you should need a permit to be able to get a good job between the ages of 13 and 16. We think under 16s should be considered for jobs on their personality and obvious determination for work rather than if they have a permit or not.


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