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

• Remove the ban on prisoners voting from the Representation of the People Act
  Open from Wednesday 8th June 2022 to Thursday 22nd December 2022
  119 signatures

• Allow hemp to be used for more than "industrial use of the seed and fibre"
  Open from Thursday 4th November 2021 to Wednesday 4th May 2022
  119 signatures

• Exempt Carer’s Allowance in benefit calculations
  Opened on Friday 13th February 2026
  118 signatures so far

• Fund medical cannabis prescriptions for people on low income or benefits
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  118 signatures

• Change Cannabis, Cannabinol & Cannabinol derivatives to Class C
  Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
  117 signatures

• Compensate Civil Servants for delays in their pensions
  Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
  115 signatures so far

• Spend more money on research into the effects of vaping.
  Open from Thursday 30th January 2025 to Wednesday 30th July 2025
  111 signatures

• Reduce school to 4 days a week and have optional extra activities
  Opened on Thursday 26th February 2026
  110 signatures so far

• Keep the 5-year ILR pathway and restrict benefits & citizenship for 5 more years
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  110 signatures so far

• Grant Chagossians the right to return to the Chagos Islands & fund restitution
  Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
  110 signatures so far

• Increase the 5 year term required to obtain Indefinite Right to Remain in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 12th February 2025 to Tuesday 12th August 2025
  110 signatures

• Pay Carer's Allowance in addition to any other benefits or state pension
  Open from Tuesday 12th April 2022 to Wednesday 26th October 2022
  109 signatures

• Act now to end iodine deficiency in UK women and protect children’s IQ
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  109 signatures so far

• Increase Taxes on Animal Products and Fund Vegan Groups and Animal Charities
  Open from Tuesday 16th November 2021 to Monday 16th May 2022
  109 signatures

• Require people on Universal Credit & fit to work to take a public sector job
  Open from Monday 16th June 2025 to Tuesday 16th December 2025
  108 signatures

• Fund, distribute and mandate storybooks on online safety for all school children
  Open from Friday 11th July 2025 to Sunday 11th January 2026
  108 signatures

• Remove VAT on all public utility bills
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  108 signatures so far

• Ban Infant Circumcision
  Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
  107 signatures so far

• Stop the bedroom tax
  Open from Thursday 14th April 2022 to Friday 28th October 2022
  106 signatures

• Keep the £135 customs duty relief on overseas imports
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  106 signatures so far

• Abolish no recourse to public funds (NRPF) visa conditions
  Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
  105 signatures

• Increase the Savings Limit for Means Tested State Benefits
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  102 signatures

• Review and Regulate AI to Protect Jobs and Prevent Mass Unemployment
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  101 signatures so far

• All Primary school children should receive free school meals
  Open from Thursday 29th December 2022 to Thursday 29th June 2023
  100 signatures

• Stop arms sales and any military support to Ukraine and Israel.
  Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
  99 signatures

• Include Carers Allowance in the £650 cost of living payment
  Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
  98 signatures

• Require all benefit claimants to “sign on” in person every month to get benefit
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd February 2026
  96 signatures so far

• Negotiate and agree with the EU to ease access of UK Musicians to tour Europe.
  Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
  93 signatures

• Protect 5-Year ILR and Benefits for Refugees Already on the Path to settlement
  Opened on Monday 5th January 2026
  92 signatures so far

• Fund free parking for all staff at NHS hospitals
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  90 signatures

• Only allow alcohol to be sold in pubs and in wine stores between certain times
  Open from Wednesday 6th November 2024 to Tuesday 6th May 2025
  90 signatures

• Raise the minimum wage, remove the benefit cap & fund affordable childcare
  Open from Wednesday 6th August 2025 to Friday 6th February 2026
  89 signatures

• Remove legal protections for the Herring Gull
  Open from Monday 15th August 2022 to Wednesday 1st March 2023
  89 signatures

• Make front number plates optional
  Open from Thursday 3rd July 2025 to Saturday 3rd January 2026
  89 signatures

• Exempt private schools from VAT if they meet certain charitable criteria
  Opened on Wednesday 12th November 2025
  89 signatures so far

• Allow people with a terminal illness to claim state pension early
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  88 signatures

• Annual increase should rise by the same amount for both Old & New State Pension
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  88 signatures so far

• Increase all means-tested benefits by £20 a week
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  88 signatures

• Introduce national service for all young people
  Open from Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Friday 9th January 2026
  88 signatures

• Provide additional funding for swimming pools due to the energy increases
  Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
  87 signatures

• Extend the £650 cost of living payments to contributions-based ESA claimants
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  86 signatures

• Raise Apprenticeship Minimum Wages for Fair Pay
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  86 signatures

• Don't have an earnings limit for Carer's Allowance
  Open from Thursday 30th January 2025 to Wednesday 30th July 2025
  86 signatures

• Require pay transparency and ban statutory rights as job benefits
  Opened on Thursday 26th March 2026
  85 signatures so far

• Require cyclists to pay road tax
  Open from Monday 28th April 2025 to Tuesday 28th October 2025
  85 signatures

• Reinstate the 'Charley Says' public information adverts to protect children
  Open from Monday 10th November 2025 to Sunday 10th May 2026
  84 signatures

• Split the child benefit payment if parents share custody
  Opened on Tuesday 6th January 2026
  84 signatures so far

• Parliament to approve nominations of non-career diplomat positions
  Open from Friday 7th March 2025 to Sunday 7th September 2025
  83 signatures

• End the Twice-Yearly Clock Changes in the UK to Improve Sleep and Wellbeing
  Opened on Friday 17th April 2026
  83 signatures so far

• Veterans to keep benefit entitlement when in receipt of medical compensation
  Opened on Tuesday 21st April 2026
  83 signatures so far

• Reassess CMS calculations to include assets and non-PAYE income for parents
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  83 signatures so far

• Photograph all claimants for DWP Benefits
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  82 signatures

• Reverse ISA allowance cuts & salary-sacrifice pension contribution caps
  Opened on Friday 16th January 2026
  82 signatures so far

• Ban MP pay rises in any year with income tax rate rises or frozen thresholds
  Opened on Tuesday 14th April 2026
  82 signatures so far

• Government to mandate brownfield development targets for local councils
  Opened on Friday 8th May 2026
  82 signatures so far

• Public review of police practices to consider biases
  Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
  82 signatures

• Mandate a minimum 2-year prison sentence for benefit fraud & penalise offenders
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  82 signatures

• Improve benefits for veterans
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  81 signatures

• Reverse fracking moratorium and provide support for natural gas extraction
  Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
  80 signatures

• Require able-to-work benefit claimants to participate in community work schemes
  Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
  79 signatures so far

• Pay all unpaid carers carer's allowance, to recognise and support them
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  77 signatures

• Put time limits on claiming housing & welfare benefits and require job-seeking
  Opened on Monday 19th January 2026
  77 signatures so far

• Review the UK’s “special relationship” with the current US administration
  Opened on Thursday 9th April 2026
  77 signatures so far

• Dispose of the maximum housing benefit paid to under 35s being the shared rate.
  Open from Friday 18th June 2021 to Saturday 18th December 2021
  77 signatures

• Keep open local Army Reserve Centres and reopen recently closed ones
  Opened on Friday 24th April 2026
  76 signatures so far

• Introduce an Education Voucher Scheme for Equity in UK Education
  Open from Friday 7th March 2025 to Sunday 7th September 2025
  76 signatures

• Skilled worker visa holders & UK taxpayers eligible for Childcare Benefits
  Open from Wednesday 28th May 2025 to Friday 28th November 2025
  76 signatures

• Extend sugar tax to high sugar foods and restrict advertising
  

• Reduce income tax & CGT to less than 30% and fill deficit in other ways
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  75 signatures

• Hold a referendum regarding UK withdrawal from the 1951 Refugee Convention
  Opened on Wednesday 1st April 2026
  74 signatures so far

• Reinstate the physical Biometric Residence Permits
  Opened on Tuesday 10th February 2026
  73 signatures so far

• Pay full £650 Cost Of Living Payment and £400 energy rebate to everyone directly
  Open from Thursday 11th August 2022 to Saturday 25th February 2023
  73 signatures

• Devolve the Crown Estate to Wales
  Open from Tuesday 16th September 2025 to Monday 16th March 2026
  73 signatures

• Set up a pilot Drug Consumption Room to establish the benefits of DCR’s.
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  73 signatures

• Full review of benefits available for people with Chronic & Hidden Disabilities
  Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
  73 signatures

• Require HMRC to issue a mandatory questionnaire on how taxes should be spent
  Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
  73 signatures so far

• Raise Rent a Room Scheme tax-free threshold to reflect inflation & housing needs
  Opened on Friday 27th March 2026
  71 signatures so far

• Regulate Fair Internet Costs and Speed Equality for Households Across the UK
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  69 signatures

• Review high street regeneration & local community empowerment
  Open from Thursday 24th July 2025 to Saturday 24th January 2026
  69 signatures

• Commission review of Motability affordability
  Opened on Tuesday 31st March 2026
  69 signatures so far

• Review child protection legislation and procedures
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  69 signatures

• Count students as low-income households in Energy Finance Support Package
  Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
  68 signatures

• Do not change Access to Work scheme
  Open from Friday 11th July 2025 to Sunday 11th January 2026
  67 signatures

• Raise the age to 18 for receiving Disability Living Allowance
  Opened on Thursday 12th February 2026
  67 signatures so far

• Carer's Allowance should be deducted as other incomes within Universal Credit
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  67 signatures

• Make PIP an eligible benefit for cold weather payment
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  67 signatures

• Increase full-time Carer's Allowance to at least £840 per week
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  66 signatures so far

• Ban discrimination against potential tenants on Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  65 signatures

• Ensure companies don't make excess profits to bring prices down to a fair amount
  Open from Tuesday 11th March 2025 to Thursday 11th September 2025
  65 signatures

• Male circumcision should be made illegal to under 18s unless for medical reasons
  Open from Thursday 14th July 2022 to Saturday 28th January 2023
  65 signatures

• Fund an integrated program: Sleeping pods for the Homeless by the Homeless
  Open from Tuesday 8th July 2025 to Thursday 8th January 2026
  65 signatures

• Extend the Warm Home Discount to everyone with a disability
  Open from Thursday 7th April 2022 to Friday 21st October 2022
  65 signatures

• Introduce child benefit voucher system for parents of more than two children
  Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
  63 signatures so far

• Increase funding for sustainable energy sources
  Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
  63 signatures so far

• Introduce Liveable Basic Income and repurpose Jobcentre buildings for community
  Opened on Thursday 20th November 2025
  63 signatures so far

• Provide means-tested tax relief on private school fees.
  Opened on Monday 20th April 2026
  63 signatures so far

• Treat Maternity Allowance the same as SMP when claiming other benefits
  Open from Wednesday 13th July 2022 to Friday 27th January 2023
  62 signatures

• Regulate the use of ultrasonic pest repellent devices in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 22nd July 2025 to Thursday 22nd January 2026
  61 signatures

• Reform curriculum to prioritise more outdoor learning/the outdoor environment
  Open from Wednesday 7th May 2025 to Friday 7th November 2025
  61 signatures

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