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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• Treat Carbon emissions as Hazardous Waste in planning process
  Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
  188 signatures

• Fund more research into gynaecological health from current 2.4%
  Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
  183 signatures so far

• Require energy suppliers report nation of origin of oil and gas supplies
  Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
  182 signatures

• Fund and implement A Universal Basic Income (UBI)
  Open from Friday 25th April 2025 to Saturday 25th October 2025
  178 signatures

• Require a full and independent enquiry before any hospital job cuts
  Opened on Thursday 11th December 2025
  177 signatures so far

• Modernise treason laws to include terrorism and wilful betrayal of the state.
  Open from Thursday 6th November 2025 to Wednesday 6th May 2026
  174 signatures

• Implement regular checks on the legal status of all visa holders in the UK.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  168 signatures

• Fully fund tuition fees for all healthcare-related degree programs
  Opened on Friday 8th May 2026
  167 signatures so far

• Fund Improved Diagnosis Pathways For Neurodivergence
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  165 signatures

• Amend Prison Rules to give a statutory minimum of 2 hours daily out-of-cell time
  Open from Tuesday 14th October 2025 to Tuesday 14th April 2026
  164 signatures

• Issue guidance on handling specialist disability buggies on public transport
  Opened on Thursday 26th March 2026
  164 signatures so far

• Pay Key Workers 2 weeks full pay if they have to isolate.
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  163 signatures

• Levy Water Companies to Fund Year-Round Water Testing to Safeguard Public Health
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  163 signatures

• Fund free bus travel and increase rail fare discounts for those 22 and under
  Open from Friday 27th June 2025 to Saturday 27th December 2025
  163 signatures

• Fund free female sanitary products in Public Restrooms
  Open from Friday 10th October 2025 to Friday 10th April 2026
  162 signatures

• Introduce a mandatory driving test for moped/small motorcycle users
  Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
  161 signatures

• Protect the clinically vulnerable, including diabetics, during Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  161 signatures

• Hold a referendum on any changes to or repeal of the Human Rights Act
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  160 signatures

• Fund Free Period Products - it is not a LUXURY.
  Open from Monday 8th November 2021 to Sunday 8th May 2022
  155 signatures

• Allow Skilled Worker visa holders to work up to 40 hours in secondary employment
  Opened on Monday 5th January 2026
  153 signatures so far

• Cap Out-Of-Hours Veterinary Fees to Prevent Pet Abandonment
  Opened on Monday 27th April 2026
  153 signatures so far

• Require a licence to buy pet rodents to ensure appropriate care
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  152 signatures

• Adjust Child Maintenance Payment assessment to account for living costs
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd March 2026
  152 signatures so far

• Protect & reinstate funding for arts & humanities in higher & further education
  Opened on Wednesday 26th November 2025
  151 signatures so far

• Allow child maintenance payslip deductions without notifying the paying parent
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  151 signatures so far

• Additional Funding for Local and Community Theatres during the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  151 signatures

• Fund free period hygiene products via the NHS for all who need it
  Open from Tuesday 7th January 2025 to Monday 7th July 2025
  150 signatures

• Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 5th May 2020 to Thursday 5th November 2020
  150 signatures

• Introduce background checks for buying knives
  Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
  145 signatures

• Provide compensation for all railcard holders
  Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
  143 signatures

• Create a right for all employees to have essential work travel expenses covered
  Open from Wednesday 23rd March 2022 to Friday 7th October 2022
  141 signatures

• Amend the Terrorism Act 2000 to allow proscription of state-backed entities
  Opened on Thursday 5th March 2026
  137 signatures so far

• Fund all payment fees for EpiPens and asthma inhalers
  Opened on Monday 23rd March 2026
  133 signatures so far

• Restore dental nurses to the Skilled Worker Visa List
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  132 signatures so far

• Reverse the decision to merge DFID with the FCO
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  130 signatures

• Increase required teaching on climate change in the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  129 signatures

• Inquiry into how social media enforce rules & handle complaints equally & fairly
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  129 signatures

• Grant immediate extensions of family visas for essential COVID-19 workers.
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  128 signatures

• Investigate food costs & introduce regulation & a cap on essential food prices
  Opened on Friday 5th December 2025
  127 signatures so far

• Suspend school uniform for 12 months
  Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
  127 signatures

• Protect SIA-licensed security workers under Assaults on Emergency Workers Act
  Open from Friday 15th July 2022 to Sunday 29th January 2023
  126 signatures

• Fund free wheelchairs for people who need them
  Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
  125 signatures

• Exempt essential workers from any income tax increase
  Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
  123 signatures

• Add Fibromyalgia to the NHS Free Prescription Exemption List
  Open from Tuesday 15th April 2025 to Wednesday 15th October 2025
  122 signatures

• Make nutrition, health and wellbeing part of the national curriculum.
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  122 signatures

• Amend the Immigration Bill to ensure non-UK care workers can be recruited
  Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
  119 signatures

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

• Abolish VAT on Pet Medicines
  Open from Monday 8th February 2021 to Sunday 8th August 2021
  118 signatures

• Link pay rises for the emergency services + public sector to same % as MPs
  Open from Tuesday 12th May 2020 to Thursday 12th November 2020
  114 signatures

• Close down Hardware, DIY Stores and Garden centres in Tier 4 areas
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  114 signatures

• Give employees a statutory right to time off for assisted conception inc. IVF
  Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
  113 signatures

• Require essential services to have phone and face to face options
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  113 signatures so far

• Fund and distribute first-period boxes through schools and healthcare settings
  Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
  113 signatures so far

• Add Sickle Cell Disease to the NHS Prescription Charge Exemption List
  Opened on Wednesday 25th February 2026
  112 signatures so far

• Fund free first aid training for new parents
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  111 signatures

• Include bicycle proficiency in UK school physical education curriculum.
  Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
  110 signatures

• Require a 2/3 Commons majority for unmandated tax hikes not in a manifesto
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  109 signatures so far

• Fund local authorities to provide CCTV in parks and open spaces
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  109 signatures

• Mandatory bleed control kits and training for establishments serving alcohol.
  Open from Tuesday 26th October 2021 to Tuesday 26th April 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

• Add Economics GCSE to the English Baccalaureate alongside Geography or History
  Open from Tuesday 1st November 2022 to Monday 1st May 2023
  107 signatures

• Ban all forms of animal mutilation unless required for essential veterinary care
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  105 signatures so far

• Prioritise blind and partially sighted for Covid-19 vaccination
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  103 signatures

• Do not phase out lamb, beef or other meat products
  Open from Wednesday 2nd November 2022 to Tuesday 2nd May 2023
  103 signatures

• Abolish Homework in Every School
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  102 signatures

• Introduce self-defence into the secondary school PE curriculum for all students
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  99 signatures

• Require sanitary products are made available in all public and workplace toilets
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  99 signatures

• Make hand carwashes essential business during lockdown
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  98 signatures

• Fund more reasonable adjustments in NHS primary care for autistic people
  Opened on Wednesday 18th February 2026
  98 signatures so far

• Increase the minimum wage for care workers
  Open from Monday 9th June 2025 to Tuesday 9th December 2025
  96 signatures

• Allow all youth sport to continue during lockdowns
  Open from Tuesday 17th November 2020 to Monday 17th May 2021
  95 signatures

• Review enforcement of employment law for unpaid internships
  Open from Tuesday 13th May 2025 to Thursday 13th November 2025
  95 signatures

• All Mobility Scooters, Electric Scooters, and Cyclists, to be insured.
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  94 signatures

• Ban the sale and use of sunscreens containing ingredients that damage corals
  Open from Friday 13th June 2025 to Saturday 13th December 2025
  94 signatures

• Reduce Interest on Student Loans & Cap Total Debt at One Year’s Average Salary
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  94 signatures so far

• Close all non-essential businesses
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  93 signatures

• Fund free/discounted glasses & lenses for those who need them daily
  Open from Thursday 2nd October 2025 to Thursday 2nd April 2026
  92 signatures

• Require utility companies to refund standing charge when no service
  Opened on Friday 5th December 2025
  91 signatures so far

• Give a bonus to ALL the hard working key workers during this pandemic
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  91 signatures

• Require all food of US origin to be labelled for transparency
  Open from Thursday 19th June 2025 to Friday 19th December 2025
  91 signatures

• Use diplomacy, increase support for Urgent Food Aid to Vulnerable People in Gaza
  Open from Tuesday 19th August 2025 to Thursday 19th February 2026
  90 signatures

• Stop proposed cuts to UK funding for clean water and sanitation overseas aid
  Open from Tuesday 4th May 2021 to Thursday 4th November 2021
  90 signatures

• Require schools to allow students to use their phones at break and lunch
  Open from Friday 7th March 2025 to Sunday 7th September 2025
  89 signatures

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

• Review overtime taxation to make it fairer for UK workers
  Opened on Thursday 22nd January 2026
  88 signatures so far

• Exempt NHS workers from being taxed for accommodation as a Benefit in Kind
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  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

• Designate all of Ukraine as unsafe to return to & accept all visa applications
  Open from Monday 18th August 2025 to Wednesday 18th February 2026
  87 signatures

• Require councils to keep streetlights on during the hours of darkness
  Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
  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

• Introduce a Night Shift Minimum Wage, 50% Higher Than National Minimum Wage
  Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
  86 signatures

• Regulate adult social care training
  Open from Monday 23rd June 2025 to Tuesday 23rd December 2025
  86 signatures

• Toughen penalties for restaurants failing to allow delivery couriers toilet use
  Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
  85 signatures

• Require all non-essential businesses to close on Christmas and Boxing Day
  Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
  85 signatures

• Reclassify photography studios under leisure for the Restart Grant
  Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
  85 signatures

• End rental bidding now
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  84 signatures

• Ban all extraction of peat for horticulture by 2022.
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  84 signatures

• Allow wedding ceremonies in England respecting social distancing
  Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  84 signatures

• Make using AI and generative language models in factual media a criminal offence
  Open from Monday 30th June 2025 to Tuesday 30th December 2025
  84 signatures

• Make free fast-track citizenship available to non-UK keyworkers
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  83 signatures

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