Petitions tagged with "Essential"

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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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• Exempt golf courses from the list of venues required to close due to Covid-19
  Open from Friday 1st May 2020 to Sunday 1st November 2020
  257,267 signatures

• Do not reform the Human Rights Act
  Open from Monday 7th February 2022 to Sunday 7th August 2022
  231,136 signatures

• Open gyms first as we come out of lockdown & fund a Work Out to Help Out scheme
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  230,017 signatures

• Cancel GCSEs and A Levels in 2021
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  211,974 signatures

• Allow Zoos and Wildlife attractions to reopen with social distancing in place
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  129,292 signatures

• Allow international travel to visit partners and family
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  106,595 signatures

• Protect Retail Workers from Abuse, Threats and Violence.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  104,354 signatures

• Make access to food a legal right - no one in the UK should go hungry
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  53,659 signatures

• Allow corporate worship and congregational singing at places of worship
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  32,876 signatures

• Make SEND training mandatory for all teaching staff
  Open from Tuesday 8th February 2022 to Monday 8th August 2022
  28,782 signatures

• Reopen salons during lockdown with measures in place to practice safe services.
  Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
  19,726 signatures

• Require vaccine history be recorded on death certificates
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  18,556 signatures

• Extend the VAT at 5% for hospitality until at least March 2022
  Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
  17,738 signatures

• Give secondary school students a right pray in school
  Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
  16,309 signatures

• Declare “Tested on Animals” on packaging for any product tested on animals
  Open from Monday 27th July 2020 to Wednesday 27th January 2021
  14,615 signatures

• Change COVID-19 critical workers list to include all veterinary staff
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  13,523 signatures

• Fund adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) screening for children at birth.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  11,840 signatures

• Safeguard evidence-based therapy for children struggling with gender dysphoria
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  11,118 signatures

• Create a publicly owned manufacturer for off-patent, generic drugs in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  10,984 signatures

• Increase the National Living Wage for classroom assistants & teaching assistants
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  10,892 signatures

• Consider urgent action to grant specialist vape retailers essential status
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  9,604 signatures

• Reverse the decision to prevent yoga studios opening throughout tier 3.
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  9,382 signatures

• Continue to make face masks mandatory in all healthcare settings from 19th July.
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  8,811 signatures

• Add nursery stores to the list of essential shops
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  8,666 signatures

• UKRI should extend all PhD students affected by COVID-19
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  8,431 signatures

• Keep gyms and leisure facilities open during any lockdown
  Open from Friday 6th November 2020 to Thursday 6th May 2021
  8,135 signatures

• 'Non Essential' shops should be allowed to stay open during the current lockdown
  Open from Monday 9th November 2020 to Sunday 9th May 2021
  6,602 signatures

• Urgently extend the statutory age limit for SEN provision given Covid19
  Open from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  5,303 signatures

• Require and fund the local provision of swimming and leisure facilities
  Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
  4,917 signatures

• Stop VAT On Vet Bills
  Open from Friday 20th May 2022 to Sunday 4th December 2022
  4,878 signatures

• Provide Emergency Support to Treat COVID Patients in Nepal
  Open from Friday 14th May 2021 to Sunday 14th November 2021
  4,637 signatures

• Withdraw the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
  Open from Friday 21st October 2022 to Friday 21st April 2023
  4,555 signatures

• Remove Covid-19 restrictions on support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  4,421 signatures

• Ensure counsellors and psychotherapists are added to the list of critical worker
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  4,409 signatures

• Keep estate agents closed in tier 4 and lockdowns
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  4,254 signatures

• Ban hedge cutting and non-essential tree felling between March and August
  Open from Friday 8th April 2022 to Saturday 22nd October 2022
  4,131 signatures

• Add SIA licenced security staff to the Assaults on Emergency Workers’ Act 2018
  Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
  4,046 signatures

• Ban the use of plastic packaging for all non-food items
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  3,739 signatures

• Permanently exempt the VAT on PPE
  Open from Friday 30th October 2020 to Friday 30th April 2021
  3,670 signatures

• Extend/refund driving instructor badges to allow for lost time due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  3,141 signatures

• Allow AGCs to reopen alongside the rest of non-essential retail on April 12th
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  2,156 signatures

• Remove dry cleaners from the list of essential businesses during the pandemic
  Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
  1,719 signatures

• 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

• Provide funding for mental wellbeing staff for children in schools and college
  Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
  1,368 signatures

• Extend the 2 years post-study work visas to 2020 Graduates
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  1,367 signatures

• Provide funding to councils ringfenced for services for the severely disabled
  Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
  1,351 signatures

• Extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme for the travel industry
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  1,339 signatures

• Increase student maintenance loans in line with inflation on a yearly basis
  Open from Wednesday 26th October 2022 to Wednesday 26th April 2023
  1,315 signatures

• Require all key and essential workers be paid at least the Real Living Wage
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  1,251 signatures

• Pressure Israel to allow international inspection of its nuclear sites
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  1,212 signatures

• Allow driving tests and lessons for Keyworkers
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  1,125 signatures

• Call for a Public Inquiry into the number of deaths in Care Homes
  Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
  1,081 signatures

• Allow dog grooming within all tiers and any future lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  1,074 signatures

• Create a nationwide network of pollinator passages, to form The Bee Superhighway
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  1,045 signatures

• Introduce a "Triple lock" to restrict energy cap increases
  Open from Friday 5th August 2022 to Sunday 19th February 2023
  952 signatures

• Criminal offence to use personal email/messaging apps for Govt/Council business
  Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
  923 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

• Under the immigration plan, treat HGV Drivers as skilled workers.
  Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
  858 signatures

• Retract DfE guidance banning use of anti-capitalist material in schools
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  850 signatures

• Allow indoor play centres and areas to open in all Tiers
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  797 signatures

• Lift social distancing in schools and nurseries for the sake of mental health
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  762 signatures

• Work internationally to ban use of tax havens for offshore banking
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  755 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

• Increase Funding for Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  721 signatures

• Detailers and Car Care Professionals to Be Able to Remain Open During Lockdown
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  655 signatures

• Set a minimum per fish fine for offences for killing freshwater fish
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  615 signatures

• Re-introduce shielding for the clinically extremely vulnerable
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  593 signatures

• Pay international students weekly wage equal to 20 hrs to meet monthly expenses
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  581 signatures

• Prioritise HGV and delivery drivers to get the vaccine
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  525 signatures

• Reduce tax on fuel for domiciliary and community care nurses
  Open from Tuesday 21st June 2022 to Wednesday 4th January 2023
  502 signatures

• Free prescriptions for people with mental health issues
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  470 signatures

• Free eye and dental care for people who suffer with epilepsy
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  462 signatures

• Do not make verified ID a requirement for opening a social media account.
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  416 signatures

• Extend CJRS cut-off so employers can claim furlough payments for new employees
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  404 signatures

• Introduce statutory rates of pay and allowances for HGV drivers
  Open from Monday 28th September 2020 to Sunday 28th March 2021
  403 signatures

• Require all employers to provide space for breastfeeding mothers to express milk
  Open from Tuesday 31st August 2021 to Monday 28th February 2022
  374 signatures

• Legislate to prohibit transactions in cryptocurrencies in the UK
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  355 signatures

• Require local support services for families affected by substance abuse
  Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
  352 signatures

• Allow people receiving State Pension to receive Carer's Allowance
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  339 signatures

• Allow more school pupils to repeat an academic year due to COVID-19 lockdown.
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  336 signatures

• Remove the requirement for explicit consent for non-essential cookies
  Open from Friday 17th December 2021 to Friday 17th June 2022
  328 signatures

• Provide Government grants or loans for student airline pilots
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  325 signatures

• Extend period International Drivers can drive with their home license
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  314 signatures

• Allow beauty salons to open
  Open from Thursday 25th June 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020
  299 signatures

• Extend business rates holiday for retail & hospitality businesses
  Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
  294 signatures

• Make it illegal to strip search under 18s without their choice of adult present
  Open from Wednesday 23rd March 2022 to Friday 7th October 2022
  285 signatures

• Bring back Sundays being a day of rest.
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  283 signatures

• Close all Click and Collect non-essential retail stores in Tier 4 areas
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  265 signatures

• Stop charging VAT on fuel duty
  Open from Monday 25th October 2021 to Monday 25th April 2022
  264 signatures

• Treat research students in receipt of a stipend as in work for UC.
  Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
  263 signatures

• Nationalise all essential utilities – water, gas and electricity
  Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
  255 signatures

• End social distancing for under 5s
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  247 signatures

• Introduce new metal detector requirements for city centre venues
  Open from Thursday 23rd December 2021 to Thursday 23rd June 2022
  245 signatures

• Abolish grants paid to Ministers leaving office
  Open from Wednesday 26th October 2022 to Wednesday 26th April 2023
  240 signatures

• Bring in an Act similar to the USA’s ‘Jones Act’ to better regulate UK seafaring
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  225 signatures

• Do not close gyms and fitness facilities if there is another lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  219 signatures

• Make 'Care Experience' a Protected Characteristic
  Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
  218 signatures

• Protect Bumblebees and support increased bumblebee numbers
  Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
  215 signatures

• Close garden centres during second national lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  213 signatures

• Ban anyone born after 2008 from buying any tobacco products in their lifetime
  Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
  205 signatures

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