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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• Mandatory collection and publication of certain child sexual offender data
  Open from Wednesday 16th July 2025 to Friday 16th January 2026
  260,974 signatures

• 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

• Make all forms of 'geo-engineering' affecting the environment illegal
  Open from Monday 23rd December 2024 to Monday 23rd June 2025
  160,624 signatures

• Don't change inheritance tax relief for working farms
  Open from Wednesday 13th November 2024 to Tuesday 13th May 2025
  154,007 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

• Introduce Licensing and Regulation for Dog and Cat Rescues to Protect Welfare
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  109,645 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

• The UK Government should not unilaterally recognise a Palestinian State
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  59,097 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

• Add Sickle Cell Disease to NHS Prescription Charge Exemption List
  Open from Monday 14th July 2025 to Wednesday 14th January 2026
  34,441 signatures

• Do not remove Sport England as a statutory consultee for planning applications
  Open from Thursday 21st August 2025 to Saturday 21st February 2026
  34,277 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

• Commission a full Independent Review of Council Tax and Stamp Duty
  Opened on Friday 23rd January 2026
  24,145 signatures so far

• Do not remove the 10% wear and tear allowance for childminders from April 2026
  Opened on Tuesday 27th January 2026
  19,910 signatures so far

• 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

• Fix Our Roads: National Plan on Dangerous Potholes Now
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  18,107 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

• Protect the Right to Live Without a Digital ID
  Opened on Friday 2nd January 2026
  17,193 signatures so far

• Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
  Open from Thursday 13th March 2025 to Saturday 13th September 2025
  17,046 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

• Embed food, farming, and sustainability education into the national curriculum
  Open from Friday 1st November 2024 to Thursday 1st May 2025
  14,477 signatures

• Require all emergency services to record staff suicides
  Opened on Tuesday 24th March 2026
  14,371 signatures so far

• 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

• Require service stations to provide motorhome waste and water facilities
  Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
  13,145 signatures

• NHS funding for egg freezing, for those suffering from endometriosis.
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  13,073 signatures so far

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

• Fund free dental care for head & neck cancer patients
  Open from Thursday 30th October 2025 to Thursday 30th April 2026
  11,693 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

• Review decision to abolish independent local Healthwatch
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  11,042 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

• Ban "small-scale fracking" for onshore oil and gas
  Open from Friday 4th July 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026
  10,626 signatures

• Provide funding for a nationwide, nature-rich river corridor network.
  Open from Wednesday 4th June 2025 to Thursday 4th December 2025
  10,420 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

• Return Royal Mail to public ownership
  Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
  8,397 signatures so far

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

• Cap price hikes for privately prescribed essential medicines
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  7,054 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

• Make Carbohydrate content mandatory on restaurant and pub menus.
  Open from Monday 4th August 2025 to Wednesday 4th February 2026
  6,296 signatures

• Review NHS lipoedema care
  Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
  6,111 signatures so far

• 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

• Stop PIP Cuts: Protect Support for Disabled People
  Open from Monday 14th April 2025 to Tuesday 14th October 2025
  4,234 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

• Amend the 28-day rule for the Carer’s Allowance for carers giving hospital care
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  3,630 signatures so far

• Cap Academy Trust CEO Pay and Protect School Funding for Children
  Opened on Thursday 16th April 2026
  3,285 signatures so far

• 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

• Create a trauma-informed task force to develop a strategy to address trauma
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  3,054 signatures

• Fund improvements to secondary care community mental health services
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  2,900 signatures

• Review & Regulate Veterinary Care so it's Affordable & Accessible
  Open from Tuesday 5th August 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026
  2,420 signatures

• Mandate a 72-hour period before formal acceptance of a dog surrender document
  Opened on Wednesday 7th January 2026
  2,355 signatures so far

• Automatic fast track benefits for anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness.
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  2,237 signatures

• Protect Disability Benefits: Stop Changes to PIP and Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 14th April 2025 to Tuesday 14th October 2025
  2,157 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

• 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

• Resolve delays in renewal of COS for Skilled Worker visas
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  2,035 signatures so far

• Reverse the Tax Treatment of Double Cab Pickup Trucks in the 2024 Autumn Budget
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  2,015 signatures

• Introduce measures to ensure fair pay for rideshare drivers
  Open from Wednesday 7th May 2025 to Friday 7th November 2025
  1,908 signatures

• Set a maximum 6‑month diagnosis target for endometriosis
  Opened on Tuesday 10th February 2026
  1,881 signatures so far

• Ban Trawling in All Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in UK waters
  Open from Monday 16th June 2025 to Tuesday 16th December 2025
  1,834 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

• Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings.
  Open from Tuesday 3rd December 2024 to Tuesday 3rd June 2025
  1,604 signatures

• Lower the age for invites to regular mammograms to 40.
  Open from Friday 11th April 2025 to Saturday 11th October 2025
  1,574 signatures

• Make school libraries statutory in all secondary schools
  Opened on Wednesday 18th March 2026
  1,552 signatures so far

• Ban banks from denying service to sex workers because of their work
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  1,541 signatures so far

• Introduce a benefits payment card that can be used for essentials only
  Opened on Thursday 8th January 2026
  1,515 signatures so far

• Introduce measures to protect digital ride-share drivers from exploitation
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  1,511 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

• Abolish the 'tooth tax': remove VAT on children's toothbrushes and toothpaste.
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  1,444 signatures so far

• Remove VAT on veterinary fees for pets
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  1,420 signatures

• Fund more training for police in dog control matters.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  1,381 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

• Fund free civil legal support for survivors of sexual violence
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  1,358 signatures so far

• 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

• Ban solar panels on farmland & require new build homes to have solar panels
  Open from Tuesday 19th August 2025 to Thursday 19th February 2026
  1,269 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

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