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
Raise statutory maternity pay to £250 a week & raise UC during maternity leave
Opened on Thursday 28th March 2024
22 signatures so far
Give people a right to have online/phone/video Universal Credit appointments
Opened on Tuesday 19th March 2024
22 signatures so far
Require all employers to offer the choice between weekly or monthly pay
Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
22 signatures
Remove planning permission requirements for boundary walls and gates
Open from Monday 31st July 2023 to Wednesday 31st January 2024
22 signatures
Release equality impact assessment on removing work capability assessment
Open from Friday 19th May 2023 to Sunday 19th November 2023
22 signatures
Raise National Living Wage to at least £10
Open from Monday 28th June 2021 to Tuesday 28th December 2021
22 signatures
Increase Statutory Redundancy for those under the age of 22.
Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
22 signatures
Provide financial support for full-time workers with high-interest mortgages
Opened on Friday 16th February 2024
21 signatures so far
Make 'National Lazy Day' a public holiday
Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
21 signatures
Extend Statutory Sick Pay to workers with multiple jobs earning over £120/week
Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
21 signatures
Allow birthing partners rights to paid leave
Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
21 signatures
Pay all Universal Credit Payments for December, before Christmas
Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
21 signatures
Stop National Insurance payments after reaching 35 years of contributions
Opened on Friday 26th April 2024
20 signatures so far
Prohibit Inquiry into Previous Salary Information by Employers
Opened on Tuesday 12th December 2023
20 signatures so far
Keep the Couples Administrative Earnings Threshold (AET) for Universal Credit
Open from Friday 31st March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
20 signatures
Only family members should be allowed to claim from the Children’s Funeral Fund
Open from Monday 20th February 2023 to Sunday 20th August 2023
20 signatures
Repeal the Triple Lock and reduce the State Pension rate to £125 a week
Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
20 signatures
Increase flat rate of Child Maintenance to £21.15 p/w
Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
20 signatures
Stop requiring couples to make joint claims for Universal Credit
Open from Monday 29th March 2021 to Wednesday 29th September 2021
20 signatures
Prevent councils from suspending housing benefit payments during a review.
Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
20 signatures
Stop automatic migration of Child Tax Credit claimants to Universal Credit
Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
20 signatures
Give resident freeholders a Right to Manage communal areas on new build estates
Opened on Tuesday 23rd April 2024
19 signatures so far
Offer low- or no-interest Government loans to all UK taxpayers
Opened on Wednesday 6th March 2024
19 signatures so far
Don't increase financial thresholds for exemption from financial promotion rules
Opened on Monday 29th January 2024
19 signatures so far
Review Civil Servants Pay, creating consistency across departments
Opened on Monday 13th November 2023
19 signatures so far
Extend the Sure Start Maternity Grant to all new children
Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
19 signatures
Review how the the Child Maintenance Service investigate and enforce non-payment
Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
19 signatures
Amend guidance for DWP assessors to truly reflect the impact of migraines
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
19 signatures
Change the hold music on the DWP phone line
Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
19 signatures
Require landlords and letting agents to offer video viewings for disabled people
Opened on Tuesday 27th February 2024
18 signatures so far
Increase the UC Childcare Assessment Period Reimbursement in line with Schools
Open from Thursday 21st September 2023 to Thursday 21st March 2024
18 signatures
Mandatory training on mental health in all workplaces
Open from Monday 24th January 2022 to Sunday 24th July 2022
18 signatures
Treat people with pre-settled status as habitually resident for Universal Credit
Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
18 signatures
Increase unemployment benefits to match furlough scheme backdated to March 2020
Open from Wednesday 16th June 2021 to Thursday 16th December 2021
18 signatures
Require work capability assessments to be done by a claimant's GP
Open from Wednesday 19th May 2021 to Friday 19th November 2021
18 signatures
Benefit calculations should not include the partner if applicant is unmarried.
Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
18 signatures
End surveillance of welfare claimants
Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
18 signatures
Increase the pension and benefits for the clinically vulnerable people.
Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
18 signatures
Require councils to provide Empty Property Premium details in property searches
Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
18 signatures
Publish list of any planned Post Office closures
Opened on Monday 29th April 2024
17 signatures so far
Pay full housing costs for benefit claimants in private rented accommodation
Opened on Monday 22nd April 2024
17 signatures so far
Increase alcohol tax and use revenue for improving mental health services
Opened on Monday 4th March 2024
17 signatures so far
Make both parents eligible for housing costs for bedrooms for children
Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
17 signatures
Create a Covid Remembrance Public Holiday in 2023
Open from Thursday 10th February 2022 to Wednesday 10th August 2022
17 signatures
Stop Universal Credit taking peoples work bonus during the COVID-19 crisis.
Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
17 signatures
Exempt NHS staff from Lifetime Allowance and Annual Allowance pension rules
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
17 signatures
Protect Child Tax Credit renewal for Key Workers working extra hours covid19
Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
17 signatures
Reinstate Percentage Threshold Scheme (PTS) for Statutory Sick Pay payments
Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
17 signatures
Make Shared Ownership and Social Housing eligible for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
Opened on Thursday 2nd May 2024
16 signatures so far
No stamp duty for first and second-time buyers
Opened on Tuesday 27th February 2024
16 signatures so far
Allow people to retain and make new claims for Child Tax Credits
Opened on Friday 26th January 2024
16 signatures so far
Raise Funeral Payments and give Bereavement Payments to children of the deceased
Open from Monday 25th April 2022 to Tuesday 8th November 2022
16 signatures
Review and reform the Display Screen Equipment regulations
Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
16 signatures
Compensate successful benefit appellants for additional costs of benefit loss
Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
16 signatures
Allow the choice of online/phone Universal Credit appointments
Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
16 signatures
Change Universal Credits and How Student Loans Decrease Payments To Hardship
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
16 signatures
Make support to get back into work available to all parents
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
16 signatures
Review employment support including ESA available to autistic individuals
Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
16 signatures
Increase the weekly Employment Support Allowance.
Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
16 signatures
Provide pensions to all who lose their husband, wife or partner during Covid-19
Open from Thursday 14th May 2020 to Saturday 14th November 2020
16 signatures
Make separated parents eligible for the Bereavement Support Payment
Opened on Tuesday 19th December 2023
15 signatures so far
Review access to shared ownership scheme for single applicants
Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
15 signatures
Reverse the benefits freeze in light of the coronavirus crisis
Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
15 signatures
Fund free childcare for key workers
Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
15 signatures
Exempt a home owned by people living in tied accommodation from UC calculations
Opened on Wednesday 20th March 2024
14 signatures so far
New benefit for parents in a single or low income household until child is 5
Opened on Thursday 29th February 2024
14 signatures so far
Make it illegal to take photos of children on private property without consent
Opened on Wednesday 31st January 2024
14 signatures so far
Require home buyers pay a deposit to seller after mortgage approval
Opened on Wednesday 13th December 2023
14 signatures so far
Extend yearly State Pension increases to UK pensioners living in Canada
Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
14 signatures
Create an nationally recognised card for carers
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
14 signatures
Apply regional weighting to Universal Credit payments
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
14 signatures
Require negative Covid test results for entering workplaces
Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
14 signatures
Allow non-resident parents who see their children an extra room
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
14 signatures
Remove mandatory financial advice clause for Defined Benefit Pension transfers.
Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
14 signatures
Expand eligibility criteria for legal aid to cover all cases for single parents
Opened on Thursday 2nd May 2024
13 signatures so far
Ban sharing of penalty points information with non-government organisations
Open from Thursday 6th July 2023 to Saturday 6th January 2024
13 signatures
Set a deadline for decisions on mandatory reconsideration of a benefits decision
Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
13 signatures
Remove savings limit on Universal Credit for employees ineligible for JSS
Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
13 signatures
Suspend benefit cap for workers who are self-isolating or on furlough
Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
13 signatures
Give all children a pension fund with £100 at birth
Opened on Thursday 2nd May 2024
12 signatures so far
Reform the DWP’s Third Party Deductions Policy for low income claimants.
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
12 signatures
Reduce state pension age for key workers by 6 months
Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
12 signatures
Create an optional tax contribution system
Opened on Wednesday 28th February 2024
11 signatures so far
Add ESA for pregnancy to the qualifying criteria for maternity allowance.
Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
11 signatures
Require council tax reductions for those affected by antisocial behaviour
Opened on Friday 26th April 2024
10 signatures so far
Require employers to grant one day off a month for sporting activity
Opened on Wednesday 6th March 2024
10 signatures so far
Limit Universal Credit & Working Tax Credit increases to those affected by virus
Open from Tuesday 21st April 2020 to Wednesday 21st October 2020
9 signatures
Require HSE to disregard time passed when deciding whether to investigate
Opened on Monday 15th April 2024
8 signatures so far
Stop Basic Rate Tax Payers paying the High Income Benefit Charge
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
8 signatures
Implement emergency legislation to allow volunteering in key businesses
Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
8 signatures
Lifetime driving ban if you are convicted of causing death by dangerous driving.
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