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
Implement Universal Basic Income to give home & food security through Covid-19
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
114,569 signatures
Increase State pensions to £380 a week, and lower retirement age to 60
Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
111,007 signatures
Continue the ban on the use of Neonicotinoids
Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
91,266 signatures
Move the State Pension age back to 60 for both men & women
Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
89,871 signatures
Offer the State Pension to all at 60, increase to equal 48hrs at the Living Wage
Opened on Monday 15th January 2024
56,285 signatures so far
Make State Pensions tax free
Opened on Friday 10th November 2023
53,027 signatures so far
Increase the state pension to £19,760 a year (£380 a week)
Open from Friday 25th February 2022 to Thursday 25th August 2022
52,774 signatures
Increase State Pensions to £416.80 per week & lower Retirement Age to 60 for All
Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
44,956 signatures
Increase the state pension to equal 35 hours a week at the National Living Wage
Open from Thursday 6th April 2023 to Friday 6th October 2023
38,002 signatures
Increase Carer's Allowance to equal 35hrs at National Minimum Wage
Open from Wednesday 8th June 2022 to Thursday 22nd December 2022
34,294 signatures
Backpay the £20 covid uplift to people on Legacy Benefits
Open from Tuesday 15th February 2022 to Monday 15th August 2022
30,544 signatures
End reviews of PIP and ESA awards for people with lifelong illnesses
Open from Wednesday 28th July 2021 to Friday 28th January 2022
29,353 signatures
End assessments and consider disability benefit claims on medical advice alone
Open from Thursday 7th July 2022 to Saturday 21st January 2023
29,043 signatures
Increase Carers Allowance to equal 35hrs at National Minimum Wage
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
26,455 signatures
Allow Disabled People to Keep All Their Benefits if They Move in With a Partner
Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
26,324 signatures
Make the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit permanent.
Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
24,211 signatures
Do not introduce regular bank account checks for benefit claimants
Opened on Monday 20th November 2023
24,109 signatures so far
Reverse the requirement for parents on UC to be available to work for 30 hours
Open from Monday 24th April 2023 to Tuesday 24th October 2023
23,232 signatures
Stop UK pensioners paying income tax on their state pension
Open from Friday 31st March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
22,901 signatures
Honour the triple lock in full in April 2024
Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
22,610 signatures
Increase the basic state pensions by £500 a year as an emergency measure
Open from Wednesday 12th January 2022 to Tuesday 12th July 2022
22,336 signatures
Pay Carers an allowance equivalent to a fulltime job at the National Living wage
Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
20,605 signatures
Increase the child benefit to £200 pounds monthly per child.
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
19,598 signatures
Extend cost of living payments to low income households beyond February 2024
Opened on Thursday 4th January 2024
18,562 signatures so far
Make the State Pension equal to Minimum Wage (40hr/wk 23+) to all from age 60
Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
17,681 signatures
Make self-employed people eligible for statutory adoption pay
Open from Tuesday 23rd November 2021 to Monday 23rd May 2022
16,789 signatures
Fast-track access to benefits for terminally ill as soon as diagnosed
Open from Thursday 7th April 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022
16,648 signatures
Support the pension triple lock
Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
16,604 signatures
Full review of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process
Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
16,561 signatures
Set a Minimum Pension Guarantee (MPG) of at least £200 pw for state pensioners
Open from Wednesday 27th July 2022 to Friday 10th February 2023
16,129 signatures
Increase the basic State Pension to match the new State Pension
Open from Monday 13th February 2023 to Sunday 13th August 2023
16,093 signatures
Review state pension entitlements for all women who may have been underpaid
Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
15,854 signatures
Do not let the Government access information on pensioners' bank accounts.
Opened on Wednesday 17th January 2024
14,625 signatures so far
Increase Carer's Allowance to 35 hours a week at the minimum wage
Open from Wednesday 28th June 2023 to Thursday 28th December 2023
13,914 signatures
Increase benefits in line with current levels of inflation
Open from Tuesday 29th March 2022 to Thursday 13th October 2022
13,878 signatures
Add a mobility element to Attendance Allowance
Opened on Thursday 1st February 2024
13,644 signatures so far
Reduce the state pension age to 63 for all
Open from Monday 7th June 2021 to Tuesday 7th December 2021
13,298 signatures
Keep the £20pw Universal Credit lifeline and extend to those on legacy benefits
Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
13,033 signatures
Provide all pensioners born before April 1951 with the new State Pension
Opened on Thursday 8th February 2024
12,702 signatures so far
Increase Carer’s Allowance to equal 35 hours at 50% of the living wage.
Opened on Friday 12th January 2024
12,050 signatures so far
Extend Bereavement Support Payments (BSP) for widowed parents
Open from Wednesday 15th February 2023 to Tuesday 15th August 2023
11,789 signatures
Review the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process.
Open from Monday 5th October 2020 to Monday 5th April 2021
11,576 signatures
Allow disabled people to keep all their benefits if they move in with a partner
Open from Friday 17th February 2023 to Thursday 17th August 2023
11,461 signatures
A central register of Asbestos and phased removal of Asbestos from all buildings
Open from Friday 31st March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
10,696 signatures
Fast track benefits as soon as someone is diagnosed as terminally ill
Opened on Tuesday 5th December 2023
10,247 signatures so far
Ban all unpaid work trial periods
Open from Monday 14th September 2020 to Sunday 14th March 2021
10,204 signatures
Reduce the state pension age to 60 to better support the elderly
Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
9,033 signatures
Provide bridging pension and compensation for WASPI women
Open from Friday 11th June 2021 to Saturday 11th December 2021
8,860 signatures
Raise the UK state pension to match the UK minimum wage, £16325 per annum
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
8,467 signatures
Fast track benefits for all people diagnosed with a terminal illness
Open from Wednesday 25th January 2023 to Tuesday 25th July 2023
7,949 signatures
Public Inquiry into the Child Maintenance Service
Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
7,636 signatures
Temporarily allow early retirement to reduce unemployment caused by COVID
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
7,384 signatures
Extend maternity pay to 12 months
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
5,929 signatures
Prevent Council Tax bills being charged for individual bedroom lets
Open from Thursday 9th September 2021 to Wednesday 9th March 2022
5,886 signatures
Amend guidance for PIP claimants on advising the DWP of travel abroad
Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
5,615 signatures
Fast-track access to benefits for terminally ill as soon as diagnosed
Give 500,000 UK overseas State Pensioners with frozen pensions parity
Open from Thursday 24th August 2023 to Saturday 24th February 2024
5,351 signatures
Reform child maintenance support from self-employed non-resident parents
Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
5,039 signatures
Extend the time people with implants can claim against manufacturers
Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
4,834 signatures
Subject the Child Maintenance Service to review and ensure it's fit for purpose
Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
4,741 signatures
Extend the suspension of the Universal Credit Minimum Income Floor
Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
4,472 signatures
Require Local Housing Allowance rates be increased in line with inflation
Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
4,359 signatures
Stop the planned increase in the State Pension age, leave it at 66
Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
4,288 signatures
Give British people priority need for accommodation
Open from Tuesday 8th August 2023 to Thursday 8th February 2024
4,251 signatures
Increase State Pensions to £400 a week and fund free adult social care for all
Open from Tuesday 11th May 2021 to Thursday 11th November 2021
4,243 signatures
Repeal Covid-19 Restrictions on opening hours
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
4,139 signatures
Require employers with more than 250 employees to introduce a Menopause Policy
Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
3,982 signatures
Create a Security Workers Act
Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
3,487 signatures
Increase State Pensions to £400 a week and fund free adult social care for all
Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
3,296 signatures
Create a baby loss bereavement support scheme for self-employed parents
Open from Friday 4th August 2023 to Sunday 4th February 2024
3,294 signatures
Legislate to protect door supervisors against violence in the workplace
Open from Tuesday 27th June 2023 to Wednesday 27th December 2023
3,152 signatures
Public Inquiry into Child Maintenance Service assessments and enforcement
Open from Thursday 9th March 2023 to Saturday 9th September 2023
3,142 signatures
Remove the minimum earnings threshold for Statutory Sick Pay
Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
2,956 signatures
Create benefit for full-time carers of disabled children paying £332.50 a week
Open from Monday 16th May 2022 to Wednesday 30th November 2022
2,767 signatures
Reduce the point requirements for the Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
Open from Tuesday 22nd August 2023 to Thursday 22nd February 2024
2,571 signatures
Create fast-track for PIP applications where NHS staff can approve claims
Open from Friday 16th June 2023 to Saturday 16th December 2023
2,437 signatures
Do not suspend Universal Credit payments while reviewing claims
Opened on Tuesday 12th December 2023
2,330 signatures so far
Give customers aged over 70 a right to hard copy invoices/bills
Open from Wednesday 16th November 2022 to Tuesday 16th May 2023
2,276 signatures
Reduce the State Pension age for people with disabilities to 63
Open from Monday 24th July 2023 to Wednesday 24th January 2024
2,258 signatures
Abolish the High Income Child Benefit Charge
Opened on Tuesday 5th December 2023
1,974 signatures so far
Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
1,467 signatures
Introduce neonatal leave and pay entitlement immediately
Open from Tuesday 18th January 2022 to Monday 18th July 2022
1,390 signatures
Allow children to receive DLA up to the age of 18 years old
Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
1,361 signatures
Do not increase state pension age above 66
Open from Monday 20th June 2022 to Tuesday 3rd January 2023
1,356 signatures
Change the High Income Child Benefit charge to a higher or a household threshold
Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
1,344 signatures
New parents on Statutory Maternity to receive 80% of their wage.
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
1,315 signatures
Increase Carer's Allowance to equal 35 hours at the National Living Wage
Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
1,292 signatures
Move the state pension age back to 60 for men and women
Open from Tuesday 8th March 2022 to Thursday 8th September 2022
1,251 signatures
ESA claimants to receive same increase as Universal Credit
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
1,213 signatures
Keep triple lock on pensions
Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
1,209 signatures
Make menopause a protected characteristic and introduce new employment rights
Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
1,157 signatures
Restore guaranteed minimum pension (GMP) indexation of the state pension
Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
1,146 signatures
Review social security benefits paid to polygamous families
Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
1,106 signatures
Change Universal Credit rules for farmers
Opened on Tuesday 13th February 2024
1,094 signatures so far
Scrap Universal Credit, reinstate legacy benefits and scrap unfair sanctioning
Open from Tuesday 3rd October 2023 to Wednesday 3rd April 2024
972 signatures
Change the way child maintenance is worked out - base on income after deductions
Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
957 signatures
Stop Deduction from Earnings Orders (DEO) for child maintenance debts
Open from Thursday 28th July 2022 to Saturday 11th February 2023
886 signatures
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
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