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Make it a criminal offence to collect street donations if not a charity

Submitted by Ian Sterrett on Wednesday 24th December 2025

Published on Monday 9th February 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Sunday 9th August 2026

Current Signatures: 903
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Busy ~ Charity ~ concerns ~ Criminal ~ FINES ~ Mandatory ~ Money ~ Prison ~ Profiteering ~ Punish ~ Recover ~ Registered ~ Run ~ street

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 903 signatures in total, with signatories from 438 constituencies. That makes it the 315th most popular open petition, and the 8,262nd most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 68% (low) and a Local Issue Rating of -1% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

Signatures by Region

Signatures by Country

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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