The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions and child maintenance policy. As the UK’s biggest public service department it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. DWP is a ministerial department, supported by 13 agencies and public bodies.
Website
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions
Ministers
Reduce the age NHS nurses can draw their NHS pension to 55
Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
873 signatures
Link State Pension increases to increases in pay for MPs
Open from Tuesday 19th September 2023 to Tuesday 19th March 2024
860 signatures
Non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence with custodial penalties
Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
835 signatures
Extend the Carer's Allowance Supplement to England and Wales
Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
799 signatures
Create pension parity for men and women born before 1951/53
Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
798 signatures
Uprate benefits in line with CPI inflation
Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
789 signatures
Increase staffing to handle Universal Credit claims and queries
Opened on Monday 4th March 2024
781 signatures so far
Remove the earnings limit for Carer's Allowance
Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
754 signatures
Legally recognise Emotional Support Animals (ESAs)
Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
746 signatures
Do not increase the State Pension age above 68
Opened on Wednesday 14th February 2024
735 signatures so far
Bring the draft Bereavement Benefits Remedial Order into law.
Open from Wednesday 20th April 2022 to Thursday 3rd November 2022
720 signatures
To remove or increase the upper earnings limit on Carers Allowance
Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
716 signatures
Make the temporary increases to Universal Credit permanent
Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
702 signatures
Ensure employees are paid their full wage if they can't work due to coronavirus
Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
700 signatures
Allow fractional shares to be held in an ISA
Open from Wednesday 25th October 2023 to Thursday 25th April 2024
658 signatures
Stop bonuses and overtime being included in child maintenance calculations.
Open from Tuesday 2nd November 2021 to Monday 2nd May 2022
649 signatures
Allow early access to a reduced state pension from the age of 60
Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
608 signatures
To extend the eligibility for Cost of Living Payments in 2023/24
Open from Thursday 11th May 2023 to Saturday 11th November 2023
605 signatures
Change method to work out child maintenance to be based on net not gross income
Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
596 signatures
Send everyone with an NI number an annual State Pension forecast
Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
591 signatures
Introduce a new Employers' Employment Incentive to employ out of work jobseekers
Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
588 signatures
Increase the existing SMP & SPP support
Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
578 signatures
Make state pension payments on fixed dates each month
Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
548 signatures
Public inquiry into treatment of people with mental health issues by the DWP
Open from Tuesday 5th July 2022 to Thursday 19th January 2023
545 signatures
Increase the state pension
Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
533 signatures
Review and increase the income thresholds for Free School Meals
Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
527 signatures
Give our homeless Veterans the same accommodation provision as asylum seekers
Opened on Monday 19th February 2024
519 signatures so far
Review the effectiveness of benefit assessments and experience of claimants
Opened on Wednesday 22nd November 2023
510 signatures so far
Do not deduct Carer's Allowance from Universal Credit
Open from Monday 16th January 2023 to Sunday 16th July 2023
509 signatures
Increase the State Pension for people with disabilities by £25 a week
Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
507 signatures
Parliament to protect housing benefit payments during Coronavirus.
Open from Friday 6th March 2020 to Sunday 6th September 2020
483 signatures
Create a specific offence of romance fraud and a register of romance fraudsters
Opened on Monday 18th December 2023
480 signatures so far
Change child maintenance calculations from gross annual earnings to Net earnings
Open from Tuesday 1st August 2023 to Thursday 1st February 2024
476 signatures
Bring forward the April 2023 State Pension increase
Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
476 signatures
Maternity leave at full pay for 1 year for women that are 26 weeks into the job.
Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
468 signatures
Remove Universal Credit's 'Minimum Income Floor' for the self-employed.
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
461 signatures
Fund pension supplement for WW2 veterans to cover all living costs
Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
453 signatures
Keep the £20 a week UC increase for 1 more year
Open from Wednesday 9th December 2020 to Wednesday 9th June 2021
450 signatures
Give all state pensioners the new State Pension
Opened on Friday 19th April 2024
449 signatures so far
Do not deduct Carer's Allowance or pension payment from Universal Credit
Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
437 signatures
Personal Independence Payment to have online accounts like Universal Credit
Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
431 signatures
Publish DWP reports and research that are currently being withheld
Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
416 signatures
Restore confidence in the benefit overpayment recovery waiver (write-off) system
Open from Wednesday 5th January 2022 to Tuesday 5th July 2022
408 signatures
Make all pensions exempt from income tax
Opened on Thursday 11th January 2024
407 signatures so far
Remove the need for consent to install double glazing in listed building
Open from Monday 28th November 2022 to Sunday 28th May 2023
391 signatures
Abolish the 25% threshold for changes in income to trigger CMS recalculation
Open from Monday 8th November 2021 to Sunday 8th May 2022
373 signatures
Make working from home a legal right for disabled workers
Open from Tuesday 15th June 2021 to Wednesday 15th December 2021
367 signatures
Change maternity leave rules for baby losses before 24 weeks
Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
364 signatures
Extend statutory two weeks’ paid bereavement leave to all employees
Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
363 signatures
For the Government to legislate to abolish the Benefits Cap.
Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
363 signatures
Impose new restrictions on political donations and beneficiaries of public funds
Opened on Monday 8th April 2024
350 signatures so far
Freeze the state pension age at 66 years of age
Opened on Wednesday 13th December 2023
347 signatures so far
Decrease the state pension age for both men and women to 62 now.
Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
346 signatures
Implement a Universal Basic Income for All UK Citizens From Now On
Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
343 signatures
Reinstate War Widows’ Pensions
Open from Friday 24th September 2021 to Thursday 24th March 2022
341 signatures
Allow people receiving State Pension to receive Carer's Allowance
Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
339 signatures
Reinstate Winter Fuel Payments for ex pats living in Spain and France
Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
333 signatures
Change IR35 rules to require client to pay employer NI
Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
320 signatures
Extend Contribution-based and New Style Jobseekers Allowance during Covid-19
Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
313 signatures
Increase Statutory Sick Pay
Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
312 signatures
Allow child benefit to be claimed on household income, not individual income.
Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
302 signatures
Lower the state pension age to 65
Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
301 signatures
Reduce 5 week wait for first Universal Credit payment to 2 weeks.
Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
300 signatures
Significantly increase the Minimum Income Guarantee.
Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
295 signatures
Reform child maintenance to consider income and outgoings of both parents
Open from Thursday 11th August 2022 to Saturday 25th February 2023
295 signatures
Scrap the Minimum Income Floor for Self-Employed people on Universal Credit
Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
293 signatures
Review and reform conduct of mental health assessments of benefit claimants
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
288 signatures
Reform child maintenance – flat rates per child per night
Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
287 signatures
Enable community-led protective covenants for local historical & heritage sites
Opened on Tuesday 13th February 2024
285 signatures so far
Reinstate tax relief allowing mortgage interest to be set against rental income
Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
282 signatures
Treat research students in receipt of a stipend as in work for UC.
Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
263 signatures
Create a right to paid leave for women and men following all miscarriages
Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
262 signatures
Allow people receiving Carer's Allowance to work up to 16 hours a week
Opened on Friday 3rd November 2023
257 signatures so far
Fund basic funerals/cremations for Covid-19 Victims
Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
257 signatures
Extend Covid-19 benefit increases to legacy benefit claimants
Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
255 signatures
Stop deducting Carer's Allowance from income-based welfare
Opened on Tuesday 23rd April 2024
250 signatures so far
Extend the help to buy scheme beyond March 2023
Open from Thursday 31st March 2022 to Friday 14th October 2022
246 signatures
Conduct a full review of the Child Maintenance Service
Open from Tuesday 7th March 2023 to Thursday 7th September 2023
240 signatures
Allow all parents of dependent children to access Bereavement Support Payment
Open from Friday 19th May 2023 to Sunday 19th November 2023
239 signatures
Recognise Unpaid Carers.A Fair amount reflecting the commitment & care provided
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
238 signatures
Create a higher rate of Carer's Allowance for people providing 70+ hours care
Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
236 signatures
Introduce a progressive Universal Basic Income (UBI)
Open from Tuesday 7th March 2023 to Thursday 7th September 2023
229 signatures
Provide funding to build 90,000 new social homes
Opened on Thursday 21st March 2024
211 signatures so far
Abolish the Bedroom Tax
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
209 signatures
Give babies of 2020 the chance of free nursery hours
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
207 signatures
Scrap Universal Credit and reinstate all legacy benefits
Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
204 signatures
Make students eligible for government cold weather payments.
Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
203 signatures
Suspend sanctions on benefit claimants during COVID crisis
Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
202 signatures
Government funding required for an autism training support scheme
Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
199 signatures
Do not treat student maintenance loans as an income for Universal Credit
Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
197 signatures
Allow partners to receive Bereavement Support when not on benefits or pregnant.
Open from Tuesday 26th September 2023 to Tuesday 26th March 2024
196 signatures
Introduce a Universal Basic Income
Open from Friday 8th September 2023 to Friday 8th March 2024
196 signatures
Lower the state pension retirement age for women
Open from Wednesday 23rd August 2023 to Friday 23rd February 2024
196 signatures
Change the way Universal Credit is worked out regarding Student Finance
Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
192 signatures
Reduce the State Pension age to 63
Opened on Wednesday 17th January 2024
189 signatures so far
Improve DWP phone service for PIP claimants and create online portal for PIP
Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
187 signatures
Extend any Universal Credit uplifts to legacy benefits
Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
186 signatures
Stop using student finance loans as an income when claiming universal credit
Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
186 signatures
Introduce an independent regulator of the Child Maintenance Service
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
178 signatures
Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
177 signatures
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