Petitions tagged with "Domestic 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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• VALERIE'S LAW Compulsory Training for Agencies Supporting Black DV Victims
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  106,518 signatures

• Create a ‘National Sleep Strategy’ to end child bed poverty
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  18,496 signatures

• Require local authorities to fund specific domestic abuse services for women
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  12,918 signatures

• Legalise pepper spray in England
  Open from Monday 3rd November 2025 to Sunday 3rd May 2026
  6,829 signatures

• Review family court system to help prevent post-separation abuse
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  5,022 signatures

• Review how domestic abuse cases are investigated and prosecuted.
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  2,677 signatures

• Stop the Early Release of all Domestic Abusers Under the SDS40 Scheme
  Open from Thursday 21st November 2024 to Wednesday 21st May 2025
  2,077 signatures

• Strengthen protection of DA victims and how their testimony is treated in court
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  1,781 signatures so far

• Defund and abolish CAFCASS
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  1,629 signatures

• Hold public inquiry on safeguarding system and training in family courts
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  1,580 signatures so far

• Fund & provide services to allow the vulnerable to shield & re-open the economy
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  1,494 signatures

• Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  1,467 signatures

• Lower the age that someone can be considered a victim of domestic abuse
  Open from Tuesday 4th February 2025 to Monday 4th August 2025
  1,415 signatures

• Extend the law on coercive control to cover post-separation abuse
  Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
  1,322 signatures

• Create a public register of domestic abuse offenders
  Open from Friday 7th March 2025 to Sunday 7th September 2025
  1,097 signatures

• Require coercive control awareness training for some sectors
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  661 signatures

• Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  474 signatures

• Allow the Polygraph Test to be used in the Court of Law
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  391 signatures

• Make coercive or controlling behaviour leading to suicide a specific offence
  Opened on Monday 29th December 2025
  382 signatures so far

• Remove the statute of limitations on reporting childhood domestic abuse
  Open from Wednesday 17th September 2025 to Tuesday 17th March 2026
  380 signatures

• Equality - Review all law, policy and strategy to meet the needs of men and boys
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  366 signatures

• Automatic ban of abusers' custody of children bereaved by domestic abuse suicide
  Opened on Thursday 20th November 2025
  347 signatures so far

• Give domestic violence victims the right to anonymity in court reports.
  Open from Wednesday 5th August 2020 to Friday 5th February 2021
  317 signatures

• Align Coercive Control and Self-Defence to Create a New Defence to Murder
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  310 signatures

• Allow victims of domestic abuse to apply for ILR from outside the UK
  Open from Tuesday 25th January 2022 to Monday 25th July 2022
  284 signatures

• Mandatory pausing of civil court actions during domestic abuse investigations
  Opened on Friday 20th March 2026
  275 signatures so far

• Stop criminalisation of parents who take children abroad due to domestic abuse
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  227 signatures so far

• Make ALL forms of Domestic Abuse a compulsory PSHE topic in secondary schools
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  218 signatures

• Review how joint tenancies can be ended following domestic abuse.
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  210 signatures

• Abolish fees for passport name changes
  Opened on Thursday 12th March 2026
  209 signatures so far

• Run a public awareness campaign on the signs of domestic abuse
  Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
  206 signatures

• Require & fund the assignment of a caseworker to every domestic abuse victim
  Opened on Tuesday 24th March 2026
  196 signatures so far

• Review laws allowing perpetrators of domestic abuse legal access to children
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  187 signatures

• Child against parent violence to be recognised as domestic abuse & more support
  Open from Tuesday 25th February 2025 to Monday 25th August 2025
  186 signatures

• Automatically remove parental responsibility following child or domestic abuse
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  184 signatures

• Introduce a fast-track divorce procedure for victims of domestic abuse
  Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
  184 signatures

• Review evidential threshold in emotional and financial domestic abuse cases
  Opened on Wednesday 1st April 2026
  160 signatures so far

• Make it illegal for the media to shame victims of romance fraud
  Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
  151 signatures

• Change the law to allow under 16's to be recognised as victims of domestic abuse
  Opened on Friday 9th January 2026
  149 signatures so far

• Require All Family Law Professionals to have Training about Domestic Abuse
  Open from Friday 10th January 2025 to Thursday 10th July 2025
  147 signatures

• Implement an easily accessible public register of convicted domestic abusers.
  Open from Thursday 6th November 2025 to Wednesday 6th May 2026
  144 signatures

• Require all public services to have a trained domestic abuse lead
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  143 signatures

• Ensure domestic abuse survivors are better protected by CMS post-review
  Open from Wednesday 11th May 2022 to Friday 25th November 2022
  136 signatures

• Children of sex offenders/domestic abusers to change name w/out parental consent
  Opened on Thursday 30th April 2026
  135 signatures so far

• Make divorces where a child is abused automatically eligible for legal aid
  Open from Thursday 30th October 2025 to Thursday 30th April 2026
  128 signatures

• Limit details of non-molestation orders being shared with perpetrators
  Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
  127 signatures

• Introduce automatic comprehensive restraining orders for domestic abuse offences
  Open from Monday 28th November 2022 to Sunday 28th May 2023
  122 signatures

• Fund the relocation of sexual/domestic abuse victims after a conviction
  Open from Tuesday 16th September 2025 to Monday 16th March 2026
  121 signatures

• Make narcissistic abuse a specific criminal offence in personal relationships
  Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
  118 signatures

• Fund free NHS dental treatment for injuries from domestic abuse or violence
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  116 signatures so far

• Review protections for victims to keep custody of their children
  Open from Thursday 3rd April 2025 to Friday 3rd October 2025
  110 signatures

• Make legal aid available to all victims of domestic abuse/coercive control
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  104 signatures

• Give children a voice in family court
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  104 signatures

• Keep electronic proceedings for non-molestation orders after Covid-19 pandemic
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  104 signatures

• Make domestic abuse workplace policies mandatory in England and Wales
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  101 signatures

• Automatically remove domestic abusers from joint council tenancies
  Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
  100 signatures

• Automatically remove parental responsibility from domestic abusers
  Open from Wednesday 7th September 2022 to Tuesday 21st March 2023
  94 signatures

• Fund more help and refuge beds for men suffering from domestic abuse
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  94 signatures

• Automatic review of parental responsibility for perpetrators of abuse
  Opened on Thursday 12th March 2026
  91 signatures so far

• Increase funding to combat violence against women and girls in the UK & abroad
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  88 signatures

• Require family court cases with domestic abuse issues to be heard by a judge
  Open from Thursday 12th May 2022 to Saturday 26th November 2022
  88 signatures

• Give legal rights to be accompanied by family/friends in court
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  85 signatures

• Ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  79 signatures

• Require local authorities to fund specific domestic abuse services for men
  Open from Wednesday 12th May 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021
  78 signatures

• Allow mothers to stay with children in foster care when parenting isn’t the risk
  Opened on Tuesday 17th March 2026
  77 signatures so far

• Create new background checks for jurors on sexual or domestic abuse trials
  Open from Thursday 15th May 2025 to Saturday 15th November 2025
  74 signatures

• Mandate domestic violence training for all family court & social workers
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  73 signatures so far

• Review family court legal aid for working mothers who've survived domestic abuse
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  72 signatures

• Introduce reforms to better support victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse
  Open from Monday 4th October 2021 to Monday 4th April 2022
  69 signatures

• Ban divorce settlements granting rights to financial assets to domestic abusers
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  69 signatures

• Require all Family Law Professionals to have training on neurodivergence
  Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
  67 signatures

• Provide free, unconditional, legal aid for victims of domestic abuse.
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  66 signatures

• Create a national domestic abuse offender register
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  64 signatures

• Review Family Law to Prevent False Domestic Abuse Allegations
  Opened on Wednesday 17th December 2025
  63 signatures so far

• Abolish the legal aid means test for victims of domestic abuse/coercive control
  Open from Tuesday 26th October 2021 to Tuesday 26th April 2022
  61 signatures

• Review how police deal with counter-allegations in domestic abuse cases
  Open from Tuesday 8th July 2025 to Thursday 8th January 2026
  60 signatures

• Teach Clare’s Law in school for young females & males
  Open from Friday 21st March 2025 to Sunday 21st September 2025
  60 signatures

• Legislate for the deportation of non-UK citizens convicted of domestic abuse
  Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
  60 signatures

• Do not release convicted domestic abusers early because of overcrowded prisons
  Open from Monday 30th June 2025 to Tuesday 30th December 2025
  59 signatures

• Enable family of deceased domestic abuse victims to challenge next of kin rights
  Opened on Thursday 26th March 2026
  59 signatures so far

• Remove parental responsibility for domestic abusers who refuse rehabilitation
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  59 signatures

• Review justice system approach to domestic & sexual abuse & coercive control
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  58 signatures

• Abolish the 6-month statutory time limit for prosecuting summary-only offences
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  58 signatures

• Require family court to refer findings of abuse & coercive control to the police
  Opened on Monday 26th January 2026
  56 signatures so far

• Make legal aid available to all parents in family court cases
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  55 signatures

• Require candidates for UK elections to pass an enhanced DBS test
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  54 signatures

• Include non-payment of Maintenance to CMS or financial support as economic abuse
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  54 signatures

• Allow victims of domestic abuse to claim housing benefit in arrears
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  54 signatures

• Reform Money Claim Court paper process and waive some fees
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  50 signatures

• Urgent review of CPS decision making for domestic abuse and coercive control
  Opened on Wednesday 28th January 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

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

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

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

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

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

• Introduce an Emergency Legal Protection Certificate for domestic abuse survivors
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd 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

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