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Add Politics & Economics lessons to the secondary school curriculum

Submitted by Sam Ryan Lester on Saturday 7th February 2026

Published on Tuesday 17th March 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Thursday 17th September 2026

Current Signatures: 63
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

1 October ~ 2025 ~ Basics ~ Britain ~ Cost ~ Cost of living ~ crisis ~ Economics ~ Economy ~ Education ~ Great Britain ~ inflation ~ knowledge ~ Lessons ~ Mandatory ~ October ~ Parliament ~ Politics ~ Prior ~ Reported ~ school curriculum ~ Secondary ~ society ~ Tax ~ Voting ~ voting age ~ work ~ Year 8 ~ Young people

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 63 signatures in total, with signatories from 39 constituencies. That makes it the 1,337th most popular open petition, and the 26,556th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 13% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 12% (average).

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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