Petitions tagged with "Benefits"

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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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• Include Child Maintenance as Income in Universal Credit and Means-Tested Benefit
  Opened on Monday 12th January 2026
  516 signatures so far

• Require schools to ban students use of smartphones during school hours
  Open from Wednesday 30th April 2025 to Thursday 30th October 2025
  510 signatures

• Implement immediate actions to stop the cost of living catastrophe
  Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
  497 signatures

• Ban councils from selling allotments
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  488 signatures

• Do not scrap the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)
  Open from Friday 2nd May 2025 to Sunday 2nd November 2025
  476 signatures

• Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 18th December 2024 to Wednesday 18th June 2025
  458 signatures

• Introduce Albanian GCSE and A-levels
  Opened on Tuesday 25th November 2025
  458 signatures so far

• Scrap the 2-child benefit cap
  Open from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Tuesday 24th June 2025
  444 signatures

• Do not increase the time migrants with ILR need to wait to apply for citizenship
  Opened on Tuesday 30th December 2025
  438 signatures so far

• Reinstate the Winter Fuel Allowance for those who are paid the old state pension
  Open from Thursday 13th February 2025 to Wednesday 13th August 2025
  434 signatures

• Make legal aid available to all parents seeking access to children
  Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
  432 signatures

• Ban the use of driver-facing cameras in HGVs and company vehicles
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  430 signatures so far

• Reform PIP rules and create a dedicated fund to support cancer patients
  Open from Tuesday 5th October 2021 to Tuesday 5th April 2022
  425 signatures

• Stop defining state pensions as a benefit
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  422 signatures so far

• Tax all welfare and benefits at identical rates as earned income
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  422 signatures so far

• Publish DWP reports and research that are currently being withheld
  Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  416 signatures

• Stop all state benefit payments to non-British citizens
  Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
  409 signatures so far

• Review PIP eligibility criteria and award payments based on medical diagnoses
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  397 signatures

• Set up a funding scheme for scientists fleeing the war in Ukraine
  Open from Wednesday 23rd March 2022 to Friday 7th October 2022
  383 signatures

• Commit to building the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  381 signatures

• Extend Maternity leave to full pay for 12 months when working
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  377 signatures

• Change review process for ongoing benefits for people with lifelong disabilities
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  371 signatures

• Give children 5 school days of "bookable" leave per academic year
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  370 signatures so far

• Create the Department of Government Efficiency
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  359 signatures

• Introduce a Presumption of Equal Parenting Time in Family Law
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  352 signatures so far

• Introduce 18 year residency and English language requirements to vote in general
  Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
  341 signatures

• Base the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) threshold on household income
  Open from Friday 24th October 2025 to Friday 24th April 2026
  339 signatures

• Make "ghost jobs" illegal
  Open from Friday 14th March 2025 to Sunday 14th September 2025
  329 signatures

• All military veterans to be exempted from tax on their military pensions
  Opened on Thursday 5th March 2026
  323 signatures so far

• Keep metric measurements and do not reintroduce imperial measurements
  Open from Wednesday 22nd September 2021 to Tuesday 22nd March 2022
  307 signatures

• Keep two-child benefit cap for fairness and sustainable public spending
  Opened on Thursday 22nd January 2026
  298 signatures so far

• Stop arms sales and any military support to Ukraine and Israel
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  292 signatures

• Do not refer to the state pensions as a benefit
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  288 signatures

• Increase funding for research and financial support for women with endometriosis
  Open from Tuesday 15th April 2025 to Wednesday 15th October 2025
  287 signatures

• Provide interest-free Renewable Energy Assistance Loan during energy crisis.
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  284 signatures

• Remove all benefits for those guilty of supporting proscribed terrorist groups.
  Open from Friday 19th September 2025 to Thursday 19th March 2026
  279 signatures

• Don't introduce essentials-only benefit cards and protect claimants’ freedom
  Opened on Thursday 26th February 2026
  267 signatures so far

• Increase funding for NHS dentists and the NHS dentistry system
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  255 signatures

• Fund school bus service for all Primary & Secondary state schools students
  Open from Thursday 31st July 2025 to Saturday 31st January 2026
  250 signatures

• Introduce mandatory sewing & textile lessons into the National Curriculum & EYFS
  Opened on Wednesday 24th December 2025
  246 signatures so far

• Require council tax discounts for dementia are backdated to the diagnosis date
  Open from Friday 22nd April 2022 to Saturday 5th November 2022
  242 signatures

• Allow people over the age Eighteen to be lawfully adopted
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  239 signatures

• Allow UC claimants with start-up-businesses to receive payments for 3 years
  Opened on Thursday 12th March 2026
  233 signatures so far

• Reform the petition system: Parliament vote at 1M signatures & referendum at 5M
  Opened on Friday 14th November 2025
  233 signatures so far

• Review and reform administration of Universal Credit & compensation
  Opened on Monday 1st December 2025
  232 signatures so far

• Hold a referendum on the proposed ban on new ICE cars in 2030
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  231 signatures

• Mandate the installation of solar panels on all new buildings
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  230 signatures

• Simplify Skilled Worker and Global Talent visa rules for Russian nationals
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  219 signatures

• Create a tax on clothing that contains micro-plastics
  Open from Thursday 24th April 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
  218 signatures

• Create a Shariah-compliant Alternative Student Finance Option
  Open from Tuesday 4th November 2025 to Monday 4th May 2026
  218 signatures

• Make the most of our own natural resources. Allow companies to drill gas and oil
  Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
  215 signatures so far

• Create a legal entitlement to two weeks’ paid bereavement leave for employees
  Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
  214 signatures so far

• Make Universities free for all
  Open from Friday 8th August 2025 to Sunday 8th February 2026
  211 signatures

• Give kinship carers equal financial & legal support to foster carers
  Opened on Tuesday 10th March 2026
  211 signatures so far

• Allocate share of per-pupil education funding to support home-educated children
  Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
  188 signatures so far

• Do not include partner's income in calculation of disabled people's UC claims
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  185 signatures so far

• Continue to support fostering for looked after children in compulsory education
  Open from Monday 28th July 2025 to Wednesday 28th January 2026
  185 signatures

• Require shops to give away same-day expiring food before shop closing
  Open from Friday 13th June 2025 to Saturday 13th December 2025
  183 signatures

• Require councils to review social housing tenancies
  Opened on Wednesday 26th November 2025
  181 signatures so far

• Fund cancer immunotherapy treatments beyond 2 years for everyone
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  180 signatures so far

• Automatically revoke spousal visas from abusive partners in the UK
  Open from Friday 20th June 2025 to Saturday 20th December 2025
  180 signatures

• Ban councils considering PIP/DLA as income for council tax reduction schemes
  Open from Friday 30th May 2025 to Sunday 30th November 2025
  175 signatures

• Stop all legal immigration to UK for workers earning less than £80000 a year
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  172 signatures so far

• Ban parents from using their children to create social media content
  Open from Monday 12th May 2025 to Wednesday 12th November 2025
  172 signatures

• Make those aged 65+ eligible to a mobility element for disability benefits
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  171 signatures

• Suspend all immigration for one year and review current laws and policies
  Open from Wednesday 10th September 2025 to Tuesday 10th March 2026
  170 signatures

• Decarbonise UK energy by funding locally-owned renewable micro-grids
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  167 signatures

• Fund the construction of more detention centres for illegal migrants
  Open from Monday 22nd September 2025 to Sunday 22nd March 2026
  167 signatures

• Grant Malaysian Driving Licence Conversion
  Open from Monday 9th June 2025 to Tuesday 9th December 2025
  159 signatures

• Give State Pension to all at 60 and increase it to equal 48hrs of Living Wage.
  Opened on Tuesday 10th February 2026
  158 signatures so far

• Negotiate with Ireland reciprocal visa free tourism travel for all residents
  Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
  156 signatures so far

• Increase statutory paternity leave from two weeks to four weeks.
  Open from Monday 24th February 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
  155 signatures

• Fund new-born screening and more treatment for MPS Hurler syndrome
  Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
  155 signatures so far

• Ban the words "plant", "grass" & "tree" when used to sell plastic substitutes
  Open from Tuesday 26th July 2022 to Thursday 9th February 2023
  150 signatures

• Remove bedroom tax
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  150 signatures

• Only allow former PMs to draw on the PDCA after a minimum 1-year service.
  Open from Tuesday 25th October 2022 to Tuesday 25th April 2023
  149 signatures

• Raise the maximum weight limit for Light Goods Vehicles to 3750kg.
  Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
  148 signatures

• Hold a referendum on the UK meeting net zero much earlier than 2050.
  Open from Friday 11th March 2022 to Sunday 25th September 2022
  147 signatures

• Require all new buildings to have rainwater storage for flushing toilets
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  147 signatures

• Make Skilled Worker sponsor-free after 5 years, with grace period and cap fees
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  146 signatures so far

• Increase funding for treatment of chronic back pain and sciatica.
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  146 signatures

• Increase the personal tax allowance for single adult households to £15,000
  Opened on Wednesday 28th January 2026
  142 signatures so far

• Limit benefits/police protection available to former Prime Ministers to 5 years
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  141 signatures so far

• Require the NHS to contract innovations that are successfully piloted
  Open from Wednesday 13th August 2025 to Friday 13th February 2026
  138 signatures

• Raise the 20% tax bracket to £20,000 and 40% tax bracket to £80,180
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  132 signatures

• Require government departments to publish annual reports on digital projects
  Opened on Thursday 26th March 2026
  130 signatures so far

• Cap the costs of gifts for MPs at £150
  Open from Tuesday 15th April 2025 to Wednesday 15th October 2025
  129 signatures

• Mandate breastfeeding policies & provisions in the workplace
  Open from Tuesday 5th August 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026
  129 signatures

• Fund fitness and wellness coaches to support people suffering with depression
  Open from Wednesday 16th November 2022 to Tuesday 16th May 2023
  128 signatures

• Review the case for building 90,000 social rent homes across England
  Open from Tuesday 21st January 2025 to Monday 21st July 2025
  127 signatures

• We urge the Government to reduce income tax on wages by at least 5%
  Open from Wednesday 1st October 2025 to Wednesday 1st April 2026
  126 signatures

• Make house buying the same legal process in England and Wales as is in Scotland
  Open from Friday 10th September 2021 to Thursday 10th March 2022
  125 signatures

• Allow patients with a medical cannabis prescription to grow for personal use
  Open from Tuesday 7th October 2025 to Tuesday 7th April 2026
  124 signatures

• 10 O'clock Start Times For Schools
  Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
  124 signatures

• Scrap and replace the Marginal Pricing Model for UK Energy
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  124 signatures

• Free bus travel for under 16s
  Open from Monday 22nd September 2025 to Sunday 22nd March 2026
  124 signatures

• Strengthen the Allotments Act 1908 with a time limit and mandatory acquisition.
  Open from Monday 1st September 2025 to Sunday 1st March 2026
  123 signatures

• Replace Public Sector Pension schemes with a defined contribution scheme 4%/6%
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  123 signatures

• Extend 15 hours free childcare to all 2-year old children
  Open from Wednesday 29th June 2022 to Thursday 12th January 2023
  121 signatures

• Ban firms from using 'self employed' cycle couriers and increase requirements
  Open from Friday 15th August 2025 to Sunday 15th February 2026
  120 signatures

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