The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) helps to drive growth, enrich lives and promote Britain abroad. We protect and promote our cultural and artistic heritage and help businesses and communities to grow by investing in innovation and highlighting Britain as a fantastic place to visit. We help to give the UK a unique advantage on the global stage, striving for economic success. DCMS is supported by 1 public body.
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Create a Youth Poet Laureate for the UK
Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
130 signatures
Decriminalise BBC tv licence evasion
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
130 signatures
Do not fund the BBC through a universal household levy linked to council tax
Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
126 signatures
Require publishers to display trigger warnings on title pages of books
Open from Thursday 26th May 2022 to Saturday 10th December 2022
125 signatures
Require social media accounts to be identifiable, not anonymous
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
125 signatures
Require broadcasters to provide subtitles & audio description of all programmes
Open from Wednesday 10th August 2022 to Friday 24th February 2023
121 signatures
Restrict the share size of individuals and companies in the Media industry.
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
121 signatures
Ban adverts for and sale of trophy hunting safari tours
Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
120 signatures
Introduce a Complete Ban on Internet Pornography
Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
119 signatures
Require local authorities to keep publicly funded leisure centres open
Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
119 signatures
Make all unwanted online sexual communication a criminal offence
Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
118 signatures
Require trigger warnings on books containing violent content
Open from Tuesday 18th April 2023 to Wednesday 18th October 2023
115 signatures
Create a Government-funded national accommodation booking platform,
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
115 signatures
Make Subtitling Programs a Legal Requirement When Broadcasting or Streaming
Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
114 signatures
Abolish the requirement for BBC non-viewers to have a TV licence.
Open from Thursday 25th August 2022 to Saturday 11th March 2023
113 signatures
Introduce new broadcasting requirements for weight loss programming
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
112 signatures
Make the resale of event tickets for more than face value illegal
Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
111 signatures
Ban the use of whips in horse racing
Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
110 signatures
Require all broadband providers to support a common router standard
Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
110 signatures
Social Media ban for under 18s
Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
109 signatures
Allow the return of competitive contact matches within grass roots rugby
Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
109 signatures
Ban all advertisement of gambling
Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
108 signatures
Do not make rules on owning a crossbow tougher
Open from Thursday 29th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
105 signatures
Legalise drinking alcohol in the stands at football matches
Open from Wednesday 19th May 2021 to Friday 19th November 2021
104 signatures
Amend the British Museum Act to allow the acceptance of repatriation requests
Open from Wednesday 20th July 2022 to Friday 3rd February 2023
101 signatures
Create a statutory body for the regulation of political advertising
Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
101 signatures
Minimum age 16 for all social media apps and platforms
Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
100 signatures
Make it mandatory to have a defibrillator at every grassroots/county sports club
Open from Friday 18th June 2021 to Saturday 18th December 2021
98 signatures
Make online pornography illegal and require all pornographic content be removed
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
98 signatures
Introduce a compulsory 10% levy on Greyhound Racing profit from bookmakers.
Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
97 signatures
Abolish TV License Fee during the Corona Virus emergency.
Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
97 signatures
Remove the use of the word British from the British Broadcasting Cooperation
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
95 signatures
Ban gambling advertising on Television
Open from Monday 5th July 2021 to Wednesday 5th January 2022
94 signatures
Negotiate and agree with the EU to ease access of UK Musicians to tour Europe.
Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
93 signatures
Allow outdoor grassroot youth sport to continue during national lockdowns
Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
92 signatures
Ensure safeguarding measures are in place for all UK escort review websites
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
90 signatures
Provide additional funding for swimming pools due to the energy increases
Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
87 signatures
Require all community dance groups to be a member of a regulated governing body
Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
87 signatures
Ban convicted abusers from dating and social media sites and apps
Open from Thursday 29th December 2022 to Thursday 29th June 2023
86 signatures
Ban the use of AI to generate media (eg. images, videos, voice recordings, etc)
Open from Thursday 29th February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
85 signatures
Require media containing edited human features include a symbol showing this
Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
85 signatures
Make it illegal to display publicly after death a body without their permission
Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
85 signatures
Allow Zimbabwe to Lay a Wreath at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day
Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
84 signatures
Help Save British Ice Hockey to fund them thorough hard times due to Covid 19
Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
83 signatures
Require verified parental ID to open any online account for children under 13
Open from Tuesday 17th January 2023 to Monday 17th July 2023
82 signatures
Introduce statutory regulation of professional rugby football clubs
Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
81 signatures
Require festivals to provide drug testing facilities
Open from Wednesday 25th November 2020 to Tuesday 25th May 2021
81 signatures
Require a cooling off period and mental health adverts on gambling platforms
Open from Thursday 21st March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
79 signatures
Provide the events and nightlife industries with provisional dates for reopening
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
79 signatures
Introduce laws for AI-created content to be marked as "AI created"
Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
78 signatures
Require the media give retractions equal prominence to the original article
Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
78 signatures
No vaccine passport to attend English football matches and other sporting venues
Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
77 signatures
Make photo ID compulsory for to set up/continue to use a social media account
Open from Wednesday 22nd November 2023 to Wednesday 22nd May 2024
76 signatures
Allow outdoor amateur football to continue during lockdown
Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
76 signatures
Create a regulator for licences to play live or recorded music
Open from Wednesday 27th April 2022 to Thursday 10th November 2022
74 signatures
Social media companies to be held accountable for racially abusive posts
Open from Friday 16th July 2021 to Sunday 16th January 2022
74 signatures
Introduce statutory regulation of the media.
Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
74 signatures
Add the UEFA Champions League to the Protected Events List
Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
73 signatures
Introduce new restrictions on accessing password protected accounts
Open from Thursday 1st February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
71 signatures
Ban all advertising for vapes and e-cigarettes
Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
71 signatures
Fund research into ACL injuries in women's football
Open from Wednesday 30th November 2022 to Tuesday 30th May 2023
71 signatures
Hold referendum on any privatisation of public service broadcasters
Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
71 signatures
Delay the TV License fees for the elderly for at least 12 months
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
70 signatures
Introduce requirements for all stage/screen scenes with nudity/intimacy
Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
69 signatures
Make verified ID a requirement for opening a social media account.
Open from Monday 4th October 2021 to Monday 4th April 2022
69 signatures
Produce and enforce a zero-tolerance strategy to end racism on social media
Open from Thursday 15th July 2021 to Saturday 15th January 2022
69 signatures
Require naturism events to be only open to adults.
Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
68 signatures
Ban all television advertising for gambling before the 9pm watershed
Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
67 signatures
Ban all advertising for Gambling on TV and Social Media
Open from Monday 27th June 2022 to Tuesday 10th January 2023
67 signatures
Block porn sites that can't prove everyone on their site is a consenting adult
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
67 signatures
Require all sports clubs publish plans for tackling racism
Open from Wednesday 15th December 2021 to Wednesday 15th June 2022
66 signatures
Allow all our theatres to reopen as soon as possible
Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
66 signatures
Ban body shaming in the media
Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
65 signatures
Introduce statutory age ratings for music videos
Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
63 signatures
Fund the BBC from general taxation and end the TV Licence.
Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
63 signatures
Commission an anthem for England for events such as sport
Open from Friday 10th November 2023 to Friday 10th May 2024
61 signatures
Ban children from all greyhound tracks
Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
61 signatures
Extend the Online Safety Bill’s protections against online scams
Open from Friday 14th May 2021 to Sunday 14th November 2021
60 signatures
Create legal age restrictions for music
Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
60 signatures
Government please fund free-of-charge Broadband for all over-75s.
Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
60 signatures
Introduce social media requirements on promoting realistic beauty standards
Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
59 signatures
Add homophobic abuse to the Football Offences Act 1991
Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
58 signatures
Allow golf courses to open for golfers playing on their own
Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
58 signatures
Fund increased after-care for spiking victims, and test kits for bars/clubs
Open from Tuesday 5th March 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
57 signatures
Require AI chatbots to identify themselves as not human
Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
57 signatures
Ban the advertisement of leather products
Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
57 signatures
Run the National Lottery mainly for the benefit of the NHS for at least 5 years
Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
57 signatures
Ban smartphones for under-18s, starting with 11-12 year olds
Open from Friday 7th October 2022 to Friday 7th April 2023
57 signatures
Introduce more measures to reduce scam texts and calls
Open from Monday 19th July 2021 to Wednesday 19th January 2022
55 signatures
Create an offence of trespass on field of play at a designated sporting event
Open from Tuesday 5th April 2022 to Wednesday 19th October 2022
54 signatures
Require warnings for flashing lights on streaming services operating in the UK
Open from Tuesday 29th June 2021 to Wednesday 29th December 2021
54 signatures
Require the BBC Board to be elected by public vote rather than by appointment
Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
54 signatures
Require phones to receive security updates for 5 years
Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
54 signatures
Fund the creation of a suitable monument to Elizabeth the Second.
Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
53 signatures
Amend the BBC's royal charter to limit salaries to a maximum of £250,000 a year
Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
53 signatures
Do not use phone data to track us without our permission, regardless of use
Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
53 signatures
Impose restrictions on television advertisements for charities
Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
53 signatures
Require full coverage of the FA cup be offered to free-to-air broadcasters
Open from Friday 23rd February 2024 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
52 signatures
Commission a review of racism in cricket
Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
52 signatures
Remove all restrictions on amateur musicians
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
52 signatures
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