Equalise the child benefit with UC child element & expand eligibility

Submitted by Jaime Castillo on Wednesday 12th November 2025

Published on Tuesday 16th December 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Tuesday 16th June 2026

Current Signatures: 16
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Department for Work and Pensions

Tagged with

$PUSH ~ Benefits ~ Child ~ Child Benefit ~ Children ~ Expand ~ Match ~ Money ~ mortgages ~ Parent ~ Pending ~ Poverty ~ Raise ~ Rent ~ Rents ~ security ~ Tax ~ Tax hike ~ The Universal ~ Uc ~ Universal Credit ~ Universities

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Popularity

This petition has 16 signatures in total, with signatories from 15 constituencies. That makes it the 2,411th most popular open petition, and the 46,166th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 6% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 6% (low).

Signatures by Constituency

2 - Derby South
1 - Hornsey and Friern Barnet
1 - Widnes and Halewood
1 - East Wiltshire
1 - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
1 - Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
1 - Richmond Park
1 - Southampton Test
1 - Northampton South
1 - Swindon South
1 - Beckenham and Penge
1 - Birmingham Perry Barr
1 - Hayes and Harlington
1 - Ealing North
1 - Southgate and Wood Green

Signatures by Region

6 - London
3 - East Midlands
2 - West Midlands
2 - South West
1 - North West
1 - South East
1 - Scotland

Signatures by Country

16 - United Kingdom

Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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