Submitted on Friday 22nd August 2025
Rejected on Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it law that if you can sign up online, you must be able to cancel online
We call on the UK Government to introduce legislation requiring all businesses that allow consumers to sign up for services online to also provide a direct, equally simple online method of cancellation.
Currently, many companies (e.g. energy, telecoms, gyms, subscriptions) allow quick online sign-up but force customers to cancel only by phone or in person. This often leads to pressure-selling, unnecessary delays, and unfair admin fees.
This practice undermines consumer rights. Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, contracts must be fair and transparent. Forcing consumers to cancel via different, more difficult methods is neither.
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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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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Require companies to provide a simple method of cancelling online subscriptions
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/727003
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