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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• Form a centralised microchip & DNA database for dog breeding, care, and welfare
  Open from Wednesday 16th April 2025 to Thursday 16th October 2025
  1,187 signatures

• Reform the British Spouse Visa System
  Open from Friday 14th March 2025 to Sunday 14th September 2025
  1,156 signatures

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

• Introduce legislation to make it possible to renumerate emergency volunteers
  Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
  1,124 signatures so far

• Fund high-quality, non-partisan political and citizenship teaching resources
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  1,109 signatures so far

• 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

• Add Crohn’s & Colitis to the NHS prescription exemption list
  Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
  996 signatures so far

• Fund Level 7 Apprenticeships for over 21s if a MSc Is Essential for Career Entry
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  993 signatures so far

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

• Allow employees to deduct living expenses from salary before it’s taxed.
  Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
  948 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

• Remove the VAT on Period Swimwear and Sportswear
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  847 signatures

• Fund access to GLP-1 medications through the NHS for women with PCOS
  Open from Tuesday 14th January 2025 to Monday 14th July 2025
  840 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

• Vehicle recall: Courtesy car, compensation, cost cover & repair time limit
  

• 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

• Seek to expel the USA from the UN using Article 6 of the UN Charter
  Open from Wednesday 13th November 2024 to Tuesday 13th May 2025
  711 signatures

• Establish an electoral process and MP to represent UK Overseas Citizens
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  701 signatures

• Review access to cash in rural areas, require FCA to reform rules and criteria
  Opened on Monday 12th January 2026
  690 signatures so far

• 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

• Students with 90%+ attendance to be able to go on holiday during term time
  Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
  633 signatures so far

• 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

• Launch a review of eligibility for the Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme
  Opened on Wednesday 4th February 2026
  593 signatures so far

• 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

• Fund/legislate for improved security and facilities for HGV drivers
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  488 signatures

• Allow care workers to access 5-year ILR route like other health and care workers
  Opened on Thursday 26th February 2026
  477 signatures so far

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

• Fund history teachers free/discounted entry to historical sites
  Opened on Tuesday 24th February 2026
  464 signatures so far

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

• Pass a law that schools cannot prohibit the use of personal devices
  Open from Thursday 21st August 2025 to Saturday 21st February 2026
  447 signatures

• Ban fishing in 30% of the UK’s coastal waters to allow marine ecosystem recovery
  Open from Monday 9th June 2025 to Tuesday 9th December 2025
  421 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

• Review & strengthen DBS checks for risks, create lifetime safeguarding records
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  415 signatures so far

• 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

• Allow children whose parents are legally in UK to work as sports professionals
  Open from Wednesday 5th February 2025 to Tuesday 5th August 2025
  399 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

• Increase Statutory Maternity Pay - 90% of Wages from 6 Weeks to 16 Weeks
  Open from Thursday 14th August 2025 to Saturday 14th February 2026
  372 signatures

• Reform Carer’s Allowance rules so carers can earn more without losing support
  Opened on Friday 24th April 2026
  360 signatures so far

• Review protections for NHS skilled worker visa holders
  Open from Friday 18th July 2025 to Sunday 18th January 2026
  356 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

• Ensure parity of esteem between mental and physical health services
  Open from Friday 15th August 2025 to Sunday 15th February 2026
  347 signatures

• Review of Universal Credit and Job Centre Operations
  Open from Friday 27th December 2024 to Friday 27th June 2025
  339 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

• Give permits for parent and child bays to stop the misuse of these spaces
  Open from Friday 20th June 2025 to Saturday 20th December 2025
  332 signatures

• Fund more gender-affirming care on the NHS and increase staff training
  Opened on Friday 12th December 2025
  331 signatures so far

• 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

• Commit to not increasing taxes or imposing additional taxes on landlords
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  323 signatures

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

• Protect our freedoms: Ban facial recognition of public
  Open from Friday 31st January 2025 to Thursday 31st July 2025
  304 signatures

• Publicly urge the US Government to end its oil & economic embargo against Cuba
  Opened on Tuesday 31st March 2026
  302 signatures so far

• Fund an NHS fast-track route for ADHD & autism diagnoses and treatment
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  301 signatures

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

• Give women’s health greater priority in the 10-Year Health Plan for England
  Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
  297 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

• Review the PIP assessment process to adjust for neurodivergence and trauma
  

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

• Reintroduce UK National ID cards for British citizens.
  Open from Thursday 28th November 2024 to Wednesday 28th May 2025
  273 signatures

• Ban the import of Antarctic Krill Products into the UK
  Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
  265 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

• Increase waterway dredging to help prevent flooding
  Opened on Thursday 12th February 2026
  264 signatures so far

• 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

• Review and reform Cafcass to address systemic failings and protect families
  Open from Friday 14th March 2025 to Sunday 14th September 2025
  245 signatures

• Add Biomedical Scientists to the immigration salary list
  Open from Friday 4th April 2025 to Saturday 4th October 2025
  242 signatures

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

• Require & fund local councils to provide public toilets
  Open from Tuesday 5th August 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026
  232 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

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

• Require galleries segregate artists' sale proceeds, protect them from insolvency
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  205 signatures

• Require all workplaces to have at least one Mental Health First Aider
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  205 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

• Require key worker housing eligibility to include frontline charity workers
  Open from Tuesday 8th July 2025 to Thursday 8th January 2026
  204 signatures

• Make violence against transport workers a specific criminal offence
  

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

• Introduce a contribution-based asylum scheme for residents with 3+ years in UK
  Opened on Tuesday 17th March 2026
  196 signatures so far

• Fund free prescriptions for people living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  195 signatures

• Funding for ASD and ADHD assessments for children within 18 months of referral
  Open from Wednesday 16th April 2025 to Thursday 16th October 2025
  189 signatures

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