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Make students studying less than 35 hours a week eligible for carers allowance

Submitted by Shania Marcela Barros-Pullen on Saturday 28th March 2026

Published on Thursday 30th April 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Friday 30th October 2026

Current Signatures: 152
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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Tagged with

3 days ~ Allowance ~ DWP ~ Education ~ Full Time ~ My Family ~ sense ~ training ~ weeks ~ work

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 152 signatures in total, with signatories from 122 constituencies. That makes it the 805th most popular open petition, and the 18,234th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 34% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 1% (low).

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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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