Petitions tagged with "Abuse"

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Tags are generated automatically from the petition contents, so sometimes they do end up being a bit imprecise. But manually tagging over a 100,000 petitions would be a bit of a stretch, so we'll just have to put up with the occasional dodgy tag. Sorry about that.

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• Ban Child Abuse Activist Groups live streaming content
  Open from Monday 12th May 2025 to Wednesday 12th November 2025
  49 signatures

• Require schools to teach pupils about physical & emotional abuse
  Open from Thursday 6th February 2025 to Wednesday 6th August 2025
  48 signatures

• Prevent people with a history of abuse having unsupervised time with children
  Open from Tuesday 30th June 2020 to Wednesday 30th December 2020
  48 signatures

• Fund tuition fees for midwives and nurses
  Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
  48 signatures

• Require that the media refer to sexual abuse victims under 18 as "children"
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  48 signatures so far

• Make GPS tagging mandatory for high-risk offenders to protect victims & children
  Opened on Thursday 11th December 2025
  47 signatures so far

• Allow adult adoption in the UK
  Open from Thursday 20th October 2022 to Thursday 20th April 2023
  47 signatures

• Tougher laws against publishing animal cruelty images and/or videos
  Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
  46 signatures

• Prevent child sex offenders from serving parts of their sentence in open prisons
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  46 signatures

• Remove Regulation 4(8) of the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020
  Opened on Wednesday 12th November 2025
  46 signatures so far

• Make a Legal Awareness Course mandatory for all spousal visa applicants
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  46 signatures

• Increase legal penalties for those convicted of online racial abuse
  Open from Thursday 15th July 2021 to Saturday 15th January 2022
  46 signatures

• Require all staff/resident interactions in care homes to be recorded
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  46 signatures

• Increase sentences for domestic violence offences
  Open from Friday 1st April 2022 to Saturday 15th October 2022
  45 signatures

• Automatically grant equal access rights following separation
  Open from Friday 8th July 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023
  45 signatures

• All schools/SEND & disability units to be fitted with CCTV
  Opened on Friday 6th March 2026
  45 signatures so far

• Extend the Victims Right to Review Scheme for Victims of Domestic Abuse
  Open from Wednesday 9th April 2025 to Thursday 9th October 2025
  45 signatures

• Increase the sentence for child sexual abuse to 25 years
  Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
  45 signatures

• Urgent review of CPS decision making for domestic abuse and coercive control
  Opened on Wednesday 28th January 2026
  45 signatures so far

• Make catfishing a specific criminal offence under coercive control laws
  Opened on Tuesday 10th February 2026
  44 signatures so far

• Require all police officers to receive domestic abuse training
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  44 signatures

• New regulations mandatory landlord checks and invest in more social housing
  Open from Monday 22nd September 2025 to Sunday 22nd March 2026
  44 signatures

• Amend guidelines so serious crimes against disabled people get maximum sentence
  Open from Tuesday 12th August 2025 to Thursday 12th February 2026
  44 signatures

• Take urgent action to stop Human Trafficking
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  43 signatures

• Amend the Government’s statutory school guidance to tackle misandry
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  43 signatures so far

• Stricter Oversight and Safeguarding Measures for Home-Educated Children
  Open from Thursday 6th February 2025 to Wednesday 6th August 2025
  43 signatures

• Extend legislation on domestic abuse to make parental alienation an offence
  

• Fine social media platforms for allowing harmful content
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  43 signatures

• Grant non-molestation orders based on past abuse, not just risk of future harm
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  43 signatures so far

• Provide funding for one-to-one PSHE mentorship in secondary schools
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  42 signatures

• Review Handling of Abuse Reports Where Women Are Subject to Counter Allegations
  Opened on Wednesday 11th March 2026
  42 signatures so far

• Review young offenders sentencing and consider increased use of custody
  Opened on Friday 5th December 2025
  42 signatures so far

• Remove the 2-Year Limit for CICA Claims for Sexual Abuse Survivors
  Opened on Monday 17th November 2025
  42 signatures so far

• Require jurors in Child Abuse/Rape trials be educated on the "Five Fs"
  Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
  41 signatures

• Require social media platforms’ terms of use to prohibit racism and hate speech
  Open from Thursday 15th July 2021 to Saturday 15th January 2022
  41 signatures

• 8th of March “International Women’s Day” to become a bank holiday
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  40 signatures

• Ban images and videos of children under 13 being shared online
  Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
  40 signatures so far

• Make adultery and infidelity domestic abuse offences
  Open from Monday 22nd August 2022 to Wednesday 8th March 2023
  40 signatures

• Limit Repeat Abortions
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  40 signatures so far

• Introduce an Emergency Legal Protection Certificate for domestic abuse survivors
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Increase minimum and maximum sentences for child sexual offences
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  39 signatures

• Review punishments for young offenders
  Open from Monday 30th June 2025 to Tuesday 30th December 2025
  39 signatures

• Ban the import, export, sale, and use of prong & shock collars for dogs
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  39 signatures

• Make learning about child abuse part of the national curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
  39 signatures

• Ban unsupervised child contact during criminal investigations
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Amend the Domestic Abuse Act to tackle cross-border legal & financial coercion
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Remove the requirement for couples to make joint claims for Universal Credit
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  39 signatures

• Set requirements for more background checks for certain professions
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  38 signatures

• Make abuse of school staff a specific offence
  Opened on Tuesday 20th January 2026
  38 signatures so far

• Amend the Domestic Abuse Act to include abuse beyond partners or family
  Opened on Friday 10th April 2026
  38 signatures so far

• Review the use of closed courts for victims of domestic/sexual violence
  Open from Friday 25th July 2025 to Sunday 25th January 2026
  38 signatures

• Create a national register of perpetrators of domestic abuse
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  37 signatures

• Require lifetime Football Banning Orders for racist football offences
  Open from Monday 19th July 2021 to Wednesday 19th January 2022
  37 signatures

• Notify new parents of partner's criminal record when registering birth
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  37 signatures

• Transfer all child sex offenders and child murderers overseas
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  37 signatures

• Require local authorities to add "unmet needs" as a Child Protection category
  Open from Thursday 15th May 2025 to Saturday 15th November 2025
  37 signatures

• Review the enforcement of legal standards in care homes to ensure it's effective
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  37 signatures

• Stronger sentences for online abuse, and fund mental health support
  Open from Thursday 16th June 2022 to Friday 30th December 2022
  37 signatures

• Fully implement all recommendations of the 2009 Laming Report immediately
  Open from Friday 14th March 2025 to Sunday 14th September 2025
  37 signatures

• Make self-defence lessons mandatory in schools
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  36 signatures

• Ban smart technology and introduced stricter probation rules for sex offenders
  Opened on Friday 27th February 2026
  36 signatures so far

• Make hardcore pornography completely illegal
  Open from Thursday 25th June 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020
  36 signatures

• Extend Ofsted regulation to all after-school clubs, with annual inspections
  Open from Friday 6th May 2022 to Sunday 20th November 2022
  36 signatures

• Fund provision of defensive equipment for paramedics due to attacks sustained
  Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
  36 signatures so far

• Require capability assessments and curriculum standards for home educators
  Opened on Wednesday 7th January 2026
  36 signatures so far

• Make CCTV compulsory on all SEND transport
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd March 2026
  35 signatures so far

• Fund research into Autistic women.
  

• Amend false and misleading information offence under Care Act 2014
  Open from Monday 31st March 2025 to Tuesday 30th September 2025
  35 signatures

• Make online abuse of disabled people a specific criminal offence
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  34 signatures

• Create a 3-digit national phone number for domestic abuse and VAWG
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  34 signatures so far

• Reduce police funding by £1 billion per year and fund crime prevention instead
  Open from Tuesday 12th April 2022 to Wednesday 26th October 2022
  33 signatures

• Appoint a Children and Young People’s Domestic Abuse Commissioner (0 to 25 yrs)
  Opened on Thursday 23rd April 2026
  33 signatures so far

• Fund more registered care placements for children, ban unregistered placements
  Opened on Thursday 7th May 2026
  33 signatures so far

• Make abuse and assault of retail workers a specific criminal offence
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  33 signatures

• Government to step in with a financial support package for Special Guardians
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  33 signatures

• Create an independent Safeguarding Body.
  Open from Thursday 20th February 2025 to Wednesday 20th August 2025
  33 signatures

• Child contact with parent arrested/bailed for domestic abuse to be supervised
  Open from Tuesday 29th April 2025 to Wednesday 29th October 2025
  33 signatures

• Require search engines to remove bestiality images and websites from results
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  33 signatures

• Review the law & give unmarried partners the same rights as married couples
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  32 signatures so far

• Increase curriculum content on crime for Key Stages 3 and 4
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  32 signatures

• All worker's rights to be enforceable after 6 months, not 2 years.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  32 signatures

• Reform Criminal Injuries Compensation for survivors of historical child abuse
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  32 signatures

• Implement mandatory substance testing during child welfare checks
  Opened on Thursday 26th March 2026
  32 signatures so far

• Allow single parents to change a child's name without the other parent's consent
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  32 signatures

• Fund legal aid for all applicants for NMO and Occupation Orders
  Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
  32 signatures so far

• Introduce Nitrous Oxide canister refunds
  Opened on Friday 27th March 2026
  32 signatures so far

• Ban strike action lasting more than 48 hours
  Open from Thursday 7th July 2022 to Saturday 21st January 2023
  31 signatures

• Review processes for DV and sexual assault victim to appeal not guilty verdict
  Opened on Thursday 9th April 2026
  31 signatures so far

• Mandatory whole life sentences for child abuse that leads to the child's death
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  31 signatures

• Create a regulatory body and framework for personal trainers
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  31 signatures

• Allow joint claims for Universal Credit to be paid into multiple accounts
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  30 signatures

• Make it mandatory for every workplace to have a specialist Domestic Abuse Lead
  Opened on Tuesday 9th December 2025
  29 signatures so far

• Fund & require new, stronger gates at train stations to stop fare evaders
  Opened on Monday 9th February 2026
  29 signatures so far

• Run an awareness campaign on cycle paths and sharing the highway with cyclists
  Open from Wednesday 9th December 2020 to Wednesday 9th June 2021
  29 signatures

• Review financial harm safeguards for domestic abuse victims in joint mortgages
  Opened on Friday 10th April 2026
  29 signatures so far

• Review regulation of social media algorithms that amplify harmful content
  Opened on Thursday 16th April 2026
  29 signatures so far

• Increase funding to protect children vulnerable to abuse in their homes
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  28 signatures

• Make commercial dog walking a licensed and regulated profession
  Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
  28 signatures

• Ban adoption when birth parents are alive
  Open from Friday 21st March 2025 to Sunday 21st September 2025
  28 signatures

• Create a national domestic abuse register and new requirements for offenders
  Open from Friday 17th September 2021 to Thursday 17th March 2022
  28 signatures

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