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.

• Urge China to allow direct flights between UK and China to resume
  Opened on Wednesday 16th June 2021
  10,664 signatures in the past week, 11,815 in total

• Prohibit employers from requiring staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19
  Opened on Monday 1st November 2021
  8,298 signatures in the past week, 117,065 in total

• Allow fully vaccinated people coming from red list countries to isolate at home
  Opened on Thursday 10th June 2021
  5,216 signatures in the past week, 56,456 in total

• Referendum in the United Kingdom to abolish the Coronavirus Act.
  Opened on Tuesday 28th September 2021
  4,806 signatures in the past week, 86,505 in total

• Reform policy on Channel Crossings and create safe routes for refugees
  Opened on Friday 17th September 2021
  4,348 signatures in the past week, 5,695 in total

• Renationalise the NHS, scrap integrated care systems, and end PFI contracts
  Opened on Thursday 14th October 2021
  4,321 signatures in the past week, 124,651 in total

• Suspend all Ofsted inspections from now until September 2022
  Opened on Thursday 8th July 2021
  4,044 signatures in the past week, 10,483 in total

• Make self-employed people eligible for statutory adoption pay
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd November 2021
  3,487 signatures in the past week, 3,994 in total

• Amend the Health and Care Bill to protect the NHS.
  Opened on Monday 6th September 2021
  3,137 signatures in the past week, 38,238 in total

• Create new recycling and reuse requirements for local authorities
  Opened on Wednesday 27th October 2021
  2,951 signatures in the past week, 4,371 in total

• Fast-track rollout of Covid vaccine in 5-11s post MHRA approval
  Opened on Thursday 25th November 2021
  2,530 signatures in the past week, 2,530 in total

• Shakeel's Law - Reform laws on hit and run drivers
  Opened on Tuesday 6th July 2021
  2,247 signatures in the past week, 28,310 in total

• Create an emergency fund for ASD (autism) & ADHD assessments
  Opened on Wednesday 30th June 2021
  2,226 signatures in the past week, 16,733 in total

• Ban developments on Green belt and Greenfield sites across the country
  Opened on Wednesday 10th November 2021
  2,110 signatures in the past week, 7,192 in total

• Make it a specific criminal offence to supply drugs to children under 16
  Opened on Wednesday 6th October 2021
  1,593 signatures in the past week, 7,228 in total

• Provide more funding for stalking advocates for victims of stalking
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  1,502 signatures in the past week, 81,842 in total

• Abolish the House of Lords
  Opened on Thursday 25th November 2021
  1,483 signatures in the past week, 1,483 in total

• Reduce fuel duty and VAT by 40% for a period of 2 years
  Opened on Monday 18th October 2021
  1,430 signatures in the past week, 28,984 in total

• Process all asylum seekers off-shore using foreign aid budget
  Opened on Monday 28th June 2021
  1,237 signatures in the past week, 20,656 in total

• Bring into effect a ban on research & testing on dogs in the UK
  Opened on Monday 27th September 2021
  1,079 signatures in the past week, 16,748 in total

• Protect student choice: do not withdraw funding for BTEC qualifications
  Opened on Friday 23rd July 2021
  977 signatures in the past week, 61,333 in total

• End the Cage Age for all farmed animals
  Opened on Thursday 5th August 2021
  879 signatures in the past week, 91,652 in total

• Change the law to include laboratory animals in the Animal Welfare Act.
  Opened on Tuesday 20th July 2021
  834 signatures in the past week, 108,293 in total

• Take action to make entering the UK illegally extremely unattractive for adults
  Opened on Monday 15th November 2021
  782 signatures in the past week, 4,642 in total

• Cancel GCSE and A-Level Exams for Summer 2022 due to lack of proper education
  Opened on Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  727 signatures in the past week, 6,535 in total

• Make St David's day a bank holiday in Wales
  Opened on Thursday 14th October 2021
  722 signatures in the past week, 5,618 in total

• Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
  Opened on Wednesday 24th November 2021
  712 signatures in the past week, 712 in total

• Review arrangements for the release of offenders with mental health issues.
  Opened on Tuesday 23rd November 2021
  700 signatures in the past week, 899 in total

• Make the Covid Pass available to all fully vaccinated, including 12-15 year olds
  Opened on Thursday 9th September 2021
  682 signatures in the past week, 751 in total

• Call an immediate general election due to authoritarian Coronavirus measures
  Opened on Friday 10th September 2021
  674 signatures in the past week, 9,731 in total

• Take Zimbabwe off the red list
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  656 signatures in the past week, 6,141 in total

• Suspend trade agreement with Faroe Islands until all whale & dolphin hunts end
  Opened on Tuesday 21st September 2021
  567 signatures in the past week, 54,523 in total

• Require the Union Flag on all new UK number plates.
  Opened on Friday 12th November 2021
  532 signatures in the past week, 1,282 in total

• Remove South Africa from the travel 'Red List'
  Opened on Tuesday 6th July 2021
  495 signatures in the past week, 40,149 in total

• Make Male Genital Mutilation (Circumcision) an offence unless medically required
  Opened on Monday 18th October 2021
  468 signatures in the past week, 588 in total

• Do not put fluoride in all tap water.
  Opened on Tuesday 28th September 2021
  455 signatures in the past week, 36,388 in total

• Stop Grooming Gang members accessing public funds to fight their convictions
  Opened on Tuesday 13th July 2021
  442 signatures in the past week, 15,845 in total

• Identify and sanction any Pakistani individuals involved in money laundering
  Opened on Monday 16th August 2021
  415 signatures in the past week, 34,755 in total

• Protect animals! Ban the sales and use of toxic antifreeze
  Opened on Thursday 25th November 2021
  398 signatures in the past week, 398 in total

• Make fireworks illegal to buy, with the exception of public displays.
  Opened on Wednesday 14th July 2021
  375 signatures in the past week, 34,968 in total

• Exempt dogs assessed by experts as safe from breed specific legislation
  Opened on Monday 26th July 2021
  353 signatures in the past week, 127,077 in total

• Create a religious exemption to any vaccine passport requirements
  Opened on Friday 23rd July 2021
  346 signatures in the past week, 5,781 in total

• Commit to building the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds
  Opened on Wednesday 24th November 2021
  339 signatures in the past week, 339 in total

• Fund improved support for people with communication and swallowing needs
  Opened on Wednesday 9th June 2021
  324 signatures in the past week, 15,638 in total

• #Reggieslaw - Regulate online animal sales
  Opened on Monday 7th June 2021
  322 signatures in the past week, 107,990 in total

• Ban the shooting of dogs
  Opened on Tuesday 12th October 2021
  316 signatures in the past week, 3,053 in total

• Make the day of Diwali a public holiday
  Opened on Monday 15th November 2021
  313 signatures in the past week, 16,214 in total

• Make Lying In Public Office A Specific Criminal Offence
  Opened on Tuesday 27th July 2021
  311 signatures in the past week, 575 in total

• Create a publicly owned manufacturer for off-patent, generic drugs in the UK
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  303 signatures in the past week, 9,823 in total

• Introduce a Telugu GCSE
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  298 signatures in the past week, 3,085 in total

• Review guidance and funding for using SSP (phonics) to teach reading
  Opened on Monday 25th October 2021
  297 signatures in the past week, 1,647 in total

• Hold a binding referendum on the future of the TV licence.
  Opened on Tuesday 1st June 2021
  283 signatures in the past week, 15,887 in total

• Hold a referendum on whether to keep the 2050 net zero target
  Opened on Wednesday 27th October 2021
  282 signatures in the past week, 19,687 in total

• Amnesty for undocumented migrants after 10 years and reduce 20 year ILR rule
  Opened on Monday 26th July 2021
  271 signatures in the past week, 9,301 in total

• Increase State Pensions to £400 a week and fund free adult social care for all
  Opened on Monday 22nd November 2021
  268 signatures in the past week, 843 in total

• Remove Clause 9 from the Nationality and Borders Bill
  Opened on Monday 29th November 2021
  262 signatures in the past week, 262 in total

• Create a Security Workers Act
  Opened on Tuesday 9th November 2021
  250 signatures in the past week, 1,873 in total

• Make it an offence to hit a cat and drive off
  Opened on Thursday 15th July 2021
  244 signatures in the past week, 15,319 in total

• Finally give existing military Veterans a Veterans ID card
  Opened on Tuesday 21st September 2021
  236 signatures in the past week, 2,770 in total

• Require dogs to be kept on a lead at all times when in public
  Opened on Wednesday 17th November 2021
  234 signatures in the past week, 243 in total

• Create a national document checking service, to prevent loss in the post
  Opened on Monday 29th November 2021
  213 signatures in the past week, 213 in total

• Provide free PCR tests for international travel and return to the UK
  Opened on Thursday 8th July 2021
  191 signatures in the past week, 5,850 in total

• Prohibit convicted sex offenders changing their name or using social media
  Opened on Monday 15th November 2021
  188 signatures in the past week, 530 in total

• Luke’s Law: Ban 'free bets' and emails that entice gamblers to place 'free bets'
  Opened on Monday 21st June 2021
  179 signatures in the past week, 29,316 in total

• Reform the VDPA 1979 to improve support for those harmed by covid-19 vaccines
  Opened on Thursday 3rd June 2021
  179 signatures in the past week, 18,630 in total

• Hold a full and independent inquiry into the cladding and fire safety scandal
  Opened on Tuesday 1st June 2021
  169 signatures in the past week, 11,487 in total

• Make it a legal requirement for nightclubs to thoroughly search guests on entry
  Opened on Thursday 14th October 2021
  168 signatures in the past week, 173,287 in total

• Promote organ donation with option to stop families overruling donor's wishes
  Opened on Thursday 25th November 2021
  167 signatures in the past week, 167 in total

• Do not impose any new requirements on parents who are home educating
  Opened on Thursday 5th August 2021
  161 signatures in the past week, 23,427 in total

• The government to overturn the decision to replace E5 petrol with the E10 type.
  Opened on Tuesday 14th September 2021
  161 signatures in the past week, 712 in total

• Repeal the Coronavirus Act
  Opened on Monday 26th July 2021
  156 signatures in the past week, 31,513 in total

• Prioritise funding for a new hospital for King's Lynn & West Norfolk
  Opened on Wednesday 7th July 2021
  155 signatures in the past week, 15,120 in total

• Ban the Separation of Calves From Their Mothers and the Killing of Male Calves
  Opened on Monday 27th September 2021
  154 signatures in the past week, 203 in total

• Allow those with 5 years ICT visa and 2 years skilled work visa to apply for ILR
  Opened on Monday 23rd August 2021
  154 signatures in the past week, 1,803 in total

• Give U.K. pensioners living abroad increases with parity as those in the U.K.
  Opened on Monday 29th November 2021
  144 signatures in the past week, 144 in total

• Abolish the 25% threshold for changes in income to trigger CMS recalculation
  Opened on Monday 8th November 2021
  143 signatures in the past week, 294 in total

• Decrease tax on overtime hours.
  Opened on Monday 6th September 2021
  133 signatures in the past week, 165 in total

• Allow people with medicinal cannabis prescriptions to grow their own cannabis
  Opened on Monday 13th September 2021
  128 signatures in the past week, 1,840 in total

• Allow disabled people to recruit live-in carers via Health and Care Worker visas
  Opened on Tuesday 17th August 2021
  120 signatures in the past week, 2,156 in total

• Invest urgently in the NHS cancer workforce in the autumn Spending Review
  Opened on Monday 13th September 2021
  116 signatures in the past week, 54,790 in total

• We demand that the Gurkhas receive equal pensions
  Opened on Friday 6th August 2021
  115 signatures in the past week, 107,333 in total

• Ban urban and garden pesticides to protect bees, other wildlife and human health
  Opened on Monday 26th July 2021
  110 signatures in the past week, 40,117 in total

• Make it a legal duty to report when a dog attacks or kills a cat
  Opened on Tuesday 30th November 2021
  108 signatures in the past week, 108 in total

• Fund research into Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW)
  Opened on Wednesday 7th July 2021
  107 signatures in the past week, 4,026 in total

• Provide bridging pension and compensation for WASPI women
  Opened on Friday 11th June 2021
  107 signatures in the past week, 8,706 in total

• Prepare & deliver a strategy for developing and using Tidal energy in the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 13th October 2021
  106 signatures in the past week, 809 in total

• Continue to run through trains from Bristol to Waterloo via Trowbridge
  Opened on Thursday 7th October 2021
  106 signatures in the past week, 6,185 in total

• Extend the VAT at 12.5% permanently with the creation of a new 12.5% Tourism Tax
  Opened on Tuesday 7th September 2021
  106 signatures in the past week, 2,449 in total

• Require Sikhism to be taught in UK schools from Reception upwards
  Opened on Thursday 16th September 2021
  103 signatures in the past week, 10,435 in total

• Removal of parental responsibility if convicted of murdering their spouse.
  Opened on Thursday 16th September 2021
  102 signatures in the past week, 5,023 in total

• Government to legislate to make all stations and all trains step free
  Opened on Tuesday 13th July 2021
  97 signatures in the past week, 295 in total

• Do not remove anyone's British citizenship
  Opened on Wednesday 24th November 2021
  93 signatures in the past week, 93 in total

• Require vaccine history be recorded on death certificates
  Opened on Friday 4th June 2021
  92 signatures in the past week, 18,537 in total

• Do not require a Covid passport for access to any services, jobs or events
  Opened on Monday 6th September 2021
  92 signatures in the past week, 1,616 in total

• Accept proof of vaccination against Covid from Mexico for international travel
  Opened on Wednesday 20th October 2021
  91 signatures in the past week, 546 in total

• Increase regulation of animal sales
  Opened on Monday 29th November 2021
  90 signatures in the past week, 90 in total

• Ease immigration rules for construction workers to mitigate impact of Brexit
  Opened on Friday 29th October 2021
  86 signatures in the past week, 1,428 in total

• End reviews of PIP and ESA awards for people with lifelong illnesses
  Opened on Wednesday 28th July 2021
  85 signatures in the past week, 19,331 in total

• Create a legal right for patients to receive timely face-to-face GP appointments
  Opened on Wednesday 9th June 2021
  83 signatures in the past week, 19,193 in total

• Let airlines allow pets in the airplane’s cabin to and from the UK
  Opened on Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  81 signatures in the past week, 13,319 in total