Big Hitters

The big hitters of the petition world. These are the open petitions with the most signatures in the past week. That's the sort of thing that social media would call "trending", but we're not that pretentious.

• Call an immediate general election to end the chaos of the current government
  Opened on Thursday 14th July 2022
  26,412 signatures in the past week, 44,147 in total

• Do not reduce staff-child ratios in early years childcare
  Opened on Friday 29th April 2022
  22,867 signatures in the past week, 91,785 in total

• Increase State pensions to £380 a week, and lower retirement age to 60
  Opened on Monday 6th June 2022
  19,378 signatures in the past week, 96,767 in total

• Make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the school curriculum.
  Opened on Friday 23rd September 2022
  7,490 signatures in the past week, 7,490 in total

• Ban commercial breeding for laboratories. Implement reform to approve & use NAMs
  Opened on Monday 28th March 2022
  5,124 signatures in the past week, 100,519 in total

• Increase Carer's Allowance to equal 35hrs at National Minimum Wage
  Opened on Wednesday 8th June 2022
  4,943 signatures in the past week, 26,126 in total

• Fund a national screening programme for Prostate Cancer
  Opened on Wednesday 7th September 2022
  2,319 signatures in the past week, 2,633 in total

• Keep The Fracking Ban
  Opened on Tuesday 19th April 2022
  2,178 signatures in the past week, 2,752 in total

• Reschedule psilocybin for medical research on untreatable conditions
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  1,064 signatures in the past week, 9,677 in total

• Hold a General Election within 100 days of the new PM being appointed
  Opened on Friday 19th August 2022
  1,054 signatures in the past week, 6,042 in total

• Extend 30 hours free childcare to student midwives/nurses/paramedics
  Opened on Monday 16th May 2022
  1,030 signatures in the past week, 10,686 in total

• Save the bees: cut hazardous pesticides and support nature-friendly farming
  Opened on Tuesday 28th June 2022
  695 signatures in the past week, 17,087 in total

• Ban development on agricultural land to increase food self-sufficiency
  Opened on Tuesday 15th March 2022
  660 signatures in the past week, 24,587 in total

• Hold a referendum on the monarchy when the current monarch's reign ends
  Opened on Wednesday 18th May 2022
  658 signatures in the past week, 1,662 in total

• Recognise Teaching Assistants as an important asset to schools by raising wage.
  Opened on Tuesday 19th July 2022
  550 signatures in the past week, 82,368 in total

• Referendum on whether the UK should be neutral in the Ukraine/Russia conflict
  Opened on Tuesday 14th June 2022
  446 signatures in the past week, 9,171 in total

• Include abortion rights in the Bill of Rights
  Opened on Tuesday 5th July 2022
  444 signatures in the past week, 163,536 in total

• Include Sickle Cell Anemia in the List of Illnesses Eligible for a MedEx Card
  Opened on Tuesday 6th September 2022
  430 signatures in the past week, 450 in total

• Find the time to take the Kept Animals Bill through Parliament and make it law
  Opened on Thursday 7th July 2022
  425 signatures in the past week, 75,712 in total

• Revoke local government powers to charge CAZ, LEZ, ZEZ and ULEZ
  Opened on Thursday 16th June 2022
  395 signatures in the past week, 1,003 in total

• Increase funding for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis & interstitial lung disease
  Opened on Wednesday 31st August 2022
  345 signatures in the past week, 3,197 in total

• Full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process
  Opened on Monday 1st August 2022
  338 signatures in the past week, 10,724 in total

• Reverse implementation of Freeports unless approved by a public vote
  Opened on Friday 19th August 2022
  332 signatures in the past week, 1,299 in total

• Suspend Section 25 of the Landlord and Tenant Act (Grounds C to G)
  Opened on Monday 11th April 2022
  293 signatures in the past week, 42,818 in total

• Negotiate sustainable catch limits for all 5 UK cod stocks with the EU in 2022.
  Opened on Tuesday 5th July 2022
  279 signatures in the past week, 2,446 in total

• Make Video Games a compulsory part of the national school curriculum
  Opened on Wednesday 17th August 2022
  257 signatures in the past week, 9,555 in total

• Limit the shooting season of Woodcock
  Opened on Monday 11th July 2022
  252 signatures in the past week, 25,883 in total

• Fund extension of 16-17 Railcard to 18 year olds in full-time education
  Opened on Friday 24th June 2022
  244 signatures in the past week, 670 in total

• Make Covid vaccines available privately to all ages
  Opened on Thursday 22nd September 2022
  234 signatures in the past week, 234 in total

• Add alternative milks to the school milk subsidy scheme
  Opened on Thursday 22nd September 2022
  223 signatures in the past week, 223 in total

• Appoint an Adult Mental Health Ambassador and Adult Mental Health Group
  Opened on Tuesday 9th August 2022
  222 signatures in the past week, 514 in total

• Change legal definition of stillborn to include all delivered babies
  Opened on Friday 13th May 2022
  221 signatures in the past week, 17,295 in total

• Significantly increase the Minimum Income Guarantee.
  Opened on Thursday 22nd September 2022
  220 signatures in the past week, 220 in total

• Apply to Join the European Union (EU)
  Opened on Tuesday 17th May 2022
  218 signatures in the past week, 6,549 in total

• Fast-track access to benefits for terminally ill as soon as diagnosed
  Opened on Thursday 7th April 2022
  200 signatures in the past week, 11,393 in total

• Ban the import and sale of real fur in the UK
  Opened on Thursday 22nd September 2022
  199 signatures in the past week, 199 in total

• Ban the sale of disposable vapes.
  Opened on Thursday 31st March 2022
  194 signatures in the past week, 1,167 in total

• Implement the recommendations of the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance
  Opened on Monday 26th September 2022
  180 signatures in the past week, 180 in total

• Fund more specialist school places for children with special educational needs
  Opened on Monday 11th July 2022
  177 signatures in the past week, 4,030 in total

• Amend the Equalities Act 2010 to include menopause as a protected characteristic
  Opened on Friday 5th August 2022
  173 signatures in the past week, 2,072 in total

• Fund Evusheld the preventative COVID19 antibody for immunocompromised
  Opened on Friday 25th March 2022
  170 signatures in the past week, 18,492 in total

• Seek to negotiate mutual recognition of UK and Spanish driving licences
  Opened on Wednesday 18th May 2022
  157 signatures in the past week, 5,280 in total

• Change the Standard Method for calculating local housing need
  Opened on Monday 25th April 2022
  150 signatures in the past week, 3,487 in total

• Ban the religious slaughter of animals without first stunning them
  Opened on Tuesday 19th April 2022
  144 signatures in the past week, 8,802 in total

• Create an emergency fund for victims of failed funeral plan companies.
  Opened on Thursday 14th April 2022
  141 signatures in the past week, 2,269 in total

• Make people on disability benefits eligible for the £650 one off payment.
  Opened on Monday 6th June 2022
  135 signatures in the past week, 22,641 in total

• Introduce independent body to enforce the ministerial code on ministers.
  Opened on Tuesday 19th April 2022
  133 signatures in the past week, 53,730 in total

• Ban water companies discharging raw sewage into the sea
  Opened on Thursday 25th August 2022
  130 signatures in the past week, 600 in total

• Endorse and implement the Plant Based Treaty
  Opened on Wednesday 29th June 2022
  125 signatures in the past week, 1,159 in total

• Require all businesses and public services to accept cash payments
  Opened on Wednesday 24th August 2022
  123 signatures in the past week, 12,441 in total

• Public inquiry into treatment of people with mental health issues by the DWP
  Opened on Tuesday 5th July 2022
  106 signatures in the past week, 378 in total

• Require swimming venues to maintain single-sex or private changing facilities
  Opened on Wednesday 24th August 2022
  103 signatures in the past week, 10,585 in total

• Lift ban on import of rescue animals from Romania, Ukraine, Belarus and Poland
  Opened on Monday 16th May 2022
  103 signatures in the past week, 11,224 in total

• Increase staffing to reduce waiting times for visas
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd May 2022
  102 signatures in the past week, 11,231 in total

• End assessments and consider disability benefit claims on medical advice alone
  Opened on Thursday 7th July 2022
  101 signatures in the past week, 7,586 in total

• Increase mandatory minimum sentences for carrying a knife, with no parole
  Opened on Wednesday 24th August 2022
  101 signatures in the past week, 119 in total

• Make school uniform VAT exempt
  Opened on Thursday 14th April 2022
  100 signatures in the past week, 7,896 in total

• Amend the Procurement Bill to enshrine positive environmental obligations.
  Opened on Wednesday 17th August 2022
  100 signatures in the past week, 594 in total

• Provide free school meals for ALL school children in England by autumn 2022
  Opened on Monday 6th June 2022
  99 signatures in the past week, 1,057 in total

• Ensure Trans people are fully protected under any conversion therapy ban
  Opened on Wednesday 6th April 2022
  99 signatures in the past week, 148,634 in total

• Fund free access to baby CPR training during pregnancy
  Opened on Wednesday 31st August 2022
  98 signatures in the past week, 8,542 in total

• Create statutory legal duty of care for students in Higher Education
  Opened on Monday 5th September 2022
  97 signatures in the past week, 335 in total

• Raise higher rate income tax (40%) threshold to £80,000
  Opened on Friday 17th June 2022
  95 signatures in the past week, 155 in total

• Change the law so that UK citizens can call a General election
  Opened on Tuesday 21st June 2022
  90 signatures in the past week, 381 in total

• Place a complete ban on the sale and use of disposable BBQ’s in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 22nd June 2022
  89 signatures in the past week, 26,930 in total

• Increase benefits in line with current levels of inflation
  Opened on Tuesday 29th March 2022
  89 signatures in the past week, 13,115 in total

• Increase statutory maternity pay in line with cost of living crisis
  Opened on Friday 27th May 2022
  88 signatures in the past week, 35,673 in total

• Substantially raise minimum fostering allowances due to current cost of living
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd March 2022
  87 signatures in the past week, 1,427 in total

• Allow EU nationals to come to the UK to work in hospitality for up to 2 Years
  Opened on Thursday 18th August 2022
  86 signatures in the past week, 17,429 in total

• Raise the standard Personal TAX Allowance from £12,570 to £20,000
  Opened on Wednesday 22nd June 2022
  85 signatures in the past week, 7,097 in total

• Apply to join the Single Market and Customs Union at the earliest opportunity
  Opened on Thursday 7th July 2022
  84 signatures in the past week, 2,758 in total

• Start school at 10am to help teenagers with tiredness
  Opened on Monday 28th March 2022
  81 signatures in the past week, 16,351 in total

• Residential Park Home residents should be eligible for £400 electricity grant
  Opened on Monday 6th June 2022
  81 signatures in the past week, 11,466 in total

• Make parking at work permanently free for all NHS workers
  Opened on Monday 4th April 2022
  79 signatures in the past week, 15,858 in total

• Set the date of the next General Election for 2 May 2023
  Opened on Friday 25th March 2022
  74 signatures in the past week, 159 in total

• Increase minimum wage for licensed security workers to £15 an hour
  Opened on Friday 25th March 2022
  74 signatures in the past week, 11,367 in total

• Fund cancer immunotherapy treatments beyond 2 years and for rechallenge
  Opened on Monday 6th June 2022
  71 signatures in the past week, 1,750 in total

• Allow those diagnosed with Crohn’s and Colitis to access Medical Exemption card
  Opened on Monday 8th August 2022
  71 signatures in the past week, 7,024 in total

• Legalise cannabis in the UK
  Opened on Thursday 21st April 2022
  68 signatures in the past week, 918 in total

• Remove indemnity from the manufacturers of covid-19 vaccines
  Opened on Monday 4th July 2022
  63 signatures in the past week, 7,878 in total

• Permanently abolish NHS pension abatement rules
  Opened on Wednesday 13th April 2022
  62 signatures in the past week, 2,641 in total

• Do not sign any WHO Pandemic Treaty unless it is approved via public referendum
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd May 2022
  60 signatures in the past week, 154,653 in total

• Create an ‘Adult ADHD strategy’ to improve diagnosis and treatment
  Opened on Monday 18th July 2022
  59 signatures in the past week, 1,861 in total

• Fund a free school uniform for every child
  Opened on Thursday 22nd September 2022
  58 signatures in the past week, 58 in total

• Nationalise energy companies
  Opened on Monday 15th August 2022
  55 signatures in the past week, 1,215 in total

• Fund research into Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW)
  Opened on Tuesday 29th March 2022
  53 signatures in the past week, 14,477 in total

• Require train operators maintain ticket offices at railway stations
  Opened on Friday 26th August 2022
  52 signatures in the past week, 5,899 in total

• Ban sale of fireworks to the public and limit sales to licensed displays only
  Opened on Monday 23rd May 2022
  51 signatures in the past week, 3,663 in total

• Set a Minimum Pension Guarantee (MPG) of at least £200 pw for state pensioners
  Opened on Wednesday 27th July 2022
  50 signatures in the past week, 15,155 in total

• More help for carers: stop deducting carers allowance from Universal Credit
  Opened on Wednesday 1st June 2022
  49 signatures in the past week, 79 in total

• Change the spouse visa eligibility requirements and application process
  Opened on Monday 28th March 2022
  46 signatures in the past week, 1,756 in total

• Waive visa requirements for non-UK nationals who are having a child with a UK na
  Opened on Thursday 8th September 2022
  44 signatures in the past week, 56 in total

• Introduce mandatory drug and alcohol testing for MPs.
  Opened on Monday 11th July 2022
  44 signatures in the past week, 91 in total

• Increase required teaching on climate change in the national curriculum
  Opened on Wednesday 31st August 2022
  44 signatures in the past week, 60 in total

• Cap energy price increases for small businesses.
  Opened on Thursday 7th July 2022
  44 signatures in the past week, 7,245 in total

• Make the private slaughter and consumption of cats and dogs illegal
  Opened on Monday 13th June 2022
  43 signatures in the past week, 711 in total

• Make parental alienation a criminal offence
  Opened on Thursday 19th May 2022
  43 signatures in the past week, 858 in total

• Automatically suspend PR rights of parent guilty of murdering the other parent.
  Opened on Tuesday 19th April 2022
  42 signatures in the past week, 129,812 in total

• Fund increased support for people with agoraphobia
  Opened on Thursday 8th September 2022
  42 signatures in the past week, 63 in total

• Extend rules on listing ingredients and recall of food for humans to pet food
  Opened on Thursday 21st July 2022
  41 signatures in the past week, 1,001 in total