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Ministers
Condemn Israel's actions in respect of Gaza
Open from Tuesday 24th October 2023 to Wednesday 24th April 2024
1,882 signatures
Impose sanctions on Myanmar due to the military coup.
Open from Thursday 11th February 2021 to Wednesday 11th August 2021
1,879 signatures
Take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights
Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
1,809 signatures
Seek membership of the Customs Union and Single Market (Norway plus)
Open from Wednesday 27th January 2021 to Tuesday 27th July 2021
1,667 signatures
Withdraw from the UN Global compact for migration
Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
1,652 signatures
Condemn ongoing human rights violations in Pakistan
Open from Wednesday 31st May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
1,647 signatures
Recognise the Myanmar National Unity Government
Open from Tuesday 15th February 2022 to Monday 15th August 2022
1,565 signatures
Withdraw from international treaties giving the right to seek asylum in the UK
Open from Monday 20th February 2023 to Sunday 20th August 2023
1,557 signatures
Revoke UK-France agreement to tackle illegal immigration
Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
1,548 signatures
Call on the UK Government to provide Afghan Judges and Lawyers at risk sanctuary
Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
1,529 signatures
Reopen application pathway of BN(O)
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
1,515 signatures
Urge India and UN to send UN Peacekeepers to Kashmir and carry out a plebiscite
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
1,515 signatures
Referendum for UK to be neutral on Israel/Palestine and Ukraine/Russia conflicts
Opened on Wednesday 24th January 2024
1,502 signatures so far
Urge Israel to overturn new entry procedure for foreign visitors to Palestine
Open from Thursday 4th August 2022 to Saturday 18th February 2023
1,497 signatures
Seek to join Schengen to ease travel
Open from Wednesday 27th July 2022 to Friday 10th February 2023
1,454 signatures
Sanction Israeli individuals and businesses over treatment of Palestinians
Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
1,444 signatures
Coordinate rigorous world effort to end live wild animal markets
Open from Thursday 23rd April 2020 to Friday 23rd October 2020
1,436 signatures
Urge the Chinese government to stop the annual Yulin Dog Eating Festival
Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
1,384 signatures
The United Kingdom should officially recognise Taiwan as an independent nation.
Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
1,308 signatures
Seek to re-instate the Marginal VAT scheme between GB & EU on Second Hand Goods
Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
1,305 signatures
Seek permanent Gaza ceasefire and provide urgent aid to prevent further deaths
Opened on Wednesday 10th January 2024
1,302 signatures so far
Pressure Israel to allow international inspection of its nuclear sites
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
1,212 signatures
Support the people of Sudan by cancelling their UK debt.
Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
1,209 signatures
Urge India/the UN to allow UN Peacekeepers to Kashmir to carry out a plebiscite
Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
1,193 signatures
Sever diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation
Open from Friday 4th March 2022 to Sunday 4th September 2022
1,179 signatures
Withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights
Opened on Thursday 23rd November 2023
1,175 signatures so far
Work with the US Government to allow travel between the UK and USA
Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
1,133 signatures
Don't recognise 'Somaliland' as an independent state
Open from Friday 28th January 2022 to Thursday 28th July 2022
1,110 signatures
Urge the Vietnamese Government to end dog meat consumption
Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
1,091 signatures
Negotiate reciprocal Youth Mobility Visas with European countries
Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
1,080 signatures
CANZUK: Enter talks with Australia to join the Trans-Tasman Travel Agreement
Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
1,062 signatures
Take action to support the establishment of democratic government in Sudan
Open from Monday 1st November 2021 to Sunday 1st May 2022
1,057 signatures
Pressure the Chinese government to prevent sale of cats and dogs for meat
Open from Friday 9th July 2021 to Sunday 9th January 2022
1,046 signatures
UK Government to build UK Aid/Disaster Relief and Training Ship/s
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
1,027 signatures
Support Taiwan's membership of the WHO to help fight Coronavirus.
Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
1,003 signatures
UK Government to recognise the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
981 signatures
Take action to prevent expulsion of residents from Masafer Yatta
Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
980 signatures
Work with the Ethiopian and Egyptian governments to resolve the Nile dispute
Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
962 signatures
Referendum on any treaties that cede UK sovereignty
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
959 signatures
Urge UN to provide safe evacuation routes from war zone in Ukraine
Open from Wednesday 2nd March 2022 to Friday 2nd September 2022
949 signatures
Provide foreign aid and de-escalate tensions between Ethiopia and the TPLF.
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
922 signatures
Place the strictest possible sanctions on Russia until it withdraws from Ukraine
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
903 signatures
Increase funding to make Covid-19 vaccines available to developing countries
Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
898 signatures
Impose sanctions on China for their treatment of practitioners of Falun Gong
Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
865 signatures
Urge Japan not to discharge Fukushima treated water
Open from Tuesday 27th June 2023 to Wednesday 27th December 2023
844 signatures
Reduce ATAS processing time
Open from Tuesday 21st June 2022 to Wednesday 4th January 2023
831 signatures
Ban all imports of Russian oil and gas immediately
Open from Thursday 10th March 2022 to Saturday 24th September 2022
819 signatures
Review the quality and cost of the Hotel Quarantine system
Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
816 signatures
Urge the UN to send a UN Peacekeeping Force to Ukraine immediately.
Open from Wednesday 9th March 2022 to Friday 23rd September 2022
813 signatures
To introduce "Hong Kong Bill 2019-2021" as a government bill
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
778 signatures
Agree to the publication of the full, unredacted 2020 Russia Report
Open from Tuesday 8th March 2022 to Thursday 8th September 2022
746 signatures
Require airlines cancel flights to places the FCO has advised against travel to
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
742 signatures
Hold a referendum on the UK's membership of the World Health Organisation
Open from Wednesday 8th June 2022 to Thursday 22nd December 2022
731 signatures
Support the TRIPS waiver at the WTO
Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
646 signatures
Leave the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol & revoke the Immigration Act
Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
646 signatures
Do not send Depleted Uranium Shells to Ukraine.
Open from Monday 27th March 2023 to Wednesday 27th September 2023
637 signatures
Increase support for India in the Covid Crisis
Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
630 signatures
Review the implications of Ethiopia-Somaliland MOU for East Africa
Opened on Tuesday 23rd January 2024
628 signatures so far
Review diplomatic relations with Hong Kong
Opened on Friday 12th April 2024
585 signatures so far
Block further support to Ukraine until after an inquiry into use of past aid
Opened on Wednesday 24th January 2024
582 signatures so far
Seize frozen Russian assets and give proceeds to Ukraine to help with rebuilding
Open from Monday 7th March 2022 to Wednesday 7th September 2022
574 signatures
Seek to end the oppression of the Uyghur people in China
Open from Tuesday 5th April 2022 to Wednesday 19th October 2022
573 signatures
Public Inquiry into UK's role in Israel-Gaza conflict since 7 November
Opened on Thursday 29th February 2024
560 signatures so far
Move the British Embassy to Jerusalem
Open from Thursday 12th October 2023 to Friday 12th April 2024
559 signatures
Seek mutual recognition of professional qualifications between EU & GB
Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
541 signatures
Sanction Poland for failing to return abducted children to the UK
Open from Friday 8th September 2023 to Friday 8th March 2024
537 signatures
Increase foreign aid to Sri Lanka during its economic crisis
Open from Thursday 31st March 2022 to Friday 14th October 2022
537 signatures
Seek to Stop Israel’s Forced Displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank
Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
530 signatures
Take emergency international action to protect Palestinians
Opened on Friday 3rd November 2023
522 signatures so far
Seek international framework recognising the state of Palestine
Open from Tuesday 24th October 2023 to Wednesday 24th April 2024
511 signatures
Apply for the UK to join the EFTA
Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
511 signatures
Full embargo of Russian imports in lieu of active military support in Ukraine
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
508 signatures
Seek international action to resolve unrest in Colombia
Open from Wednesday 12th May 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021
500 signatures
Pressure all governments to assist migrants on Belarus/Poland border.
Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
497 signatures
Seek continued participation in the European Solidarity Corps
Open from Tuesday 2nd February 2021 to Monday 2nd August 2021
496 signatures
Help Turkey with the wildfires
Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
490 signatures
Ensure remaining UK Citizens and ARAP approved are evacuated from Afghanistan
Open from Tuesday 7th September 2021 to Monday 7th March 2022
487 signatures
Identify and sanction anyone responsible for electoral fraud in Nigeria
Open from Monday 13th March 2023 to Wednesday 13th September 2023
478 signatures
Seek to prevent bombing of medical facilities in Gaza
Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
449 signatures
Withdraw from the UN's Durban IV Conference
Open from Friday 11th June 2021 to Saturday 11th December 2021
448 signatures
Fund all costs of individuals who enter the UK illegally from foreign aid budget
Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
445 signatures
Sanction Israel for its occupation of Palestinian territory
Opened on Thursday 9th November 2023
429 signatures so far
Help to evacuate Palestinians from Gaza
Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
421 signatures
CANZUK: Seek free movement and free trade with Canada, Australia & New Zealand
Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
417 signatures
Stop the proposed reduction of foreign aid to the Yemen
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
405 signatures
Freeze funding to the World Health Organization amid the coronavirus crisis
Open from Wednesday 10th June 2020 to Thursday 10th December 2020
390 signatures
Decrease the Foreign Aid budget once we have left the EU.
Open from Friday 6th March 2020 to Sunday 6th September 2020
375 signatures
Condemn Iran for human rights violations linked to the regime
Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
362 signatures
Seek exemption from 90-day rule for UK citizens with second home in the EU
Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
358 signatures
Condemn the government of India on Rape and Sexual Violence against women
Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
357 signatures
Introduce sanctions against Israel for occupation of the West Bank
Open from Monday 7th March 2022 to Wednesday 7th September 2022
342 signatures
Return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
338 signatures
Ban British Citizens from Joining Any Foreign Military
Opened on Thursday 21st December 2023
337 signatures so far
Don't take further military action against Houthis or join US maritime coalition
Opened on Tuesday 23rd January 2024
335 signatures so far
Allow family members from red list countries to visit after double vaccinations
Open from Friday 30th July 2021 to Sunday 30th January 2022
329 signatures
Government to apologise for UK role in Israel-Palestine conflict
Opened on Thursday 23rd November 2023
327 signatures so far
Urgently support Tunisia in the Covid-19 Crisis
Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
324 signatures
Cut funding for Ukraine in favour of more public spending in the UK
Open from Wednesday 30th November 2022 to Tuesday 30th May 2023
323 signatures
Join the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance and commit to its end date for fossil fuels
Open from Thursday 2nd September 2021 to Wednesday 2nd March 2022
316 signatures
Pressure the Turkish Government to stop bombing Iraqi Kurdistan
Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
311 signatures
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