Petitions tagged with "Holidays"

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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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• End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry
  Open from Wednesday 14th October 2020 to Wednesday 14th April 2021
  1,113,889 signatures

• Scrap the compulsory £210 home test kit when arriving in U.K.
  Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
  73,009 signatures

• Allow families with SEN children 10 days term-time holiday without being fined
  Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
  18,609 signatures

• Make St David's day a bank holiday in Wales
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  13,034 signatures

• St. George's Day to be made a public holiday in England.
  Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
  8,250 signatures

• Allow Camping on Farmland for 56 days a year under permitted development
  Open from Friday 22nd April 2022 to Saturday 5th November 2022
  6,368 signatures

• Rights Beyond Borders: Improve employment policies for international students
  Open from Tuesday 5th November 2024 to Monday 5th May 2025
  4,181 signatures

• Put Azores and Madeira Islands on travel Green list
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  3,361 signatures

• Make MPs who are absent from their constituency and Parliament subject to recall
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  2,958 signatures

• Allow children 7 days holiday per year during term time without fines
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  2,578 signatures

• Set a date for when non-practical university students can return to campus
  Open from Friday 5th March 2021 to Sunday 5th September 2021
  2,170 signatures

• Protect the UK’s countryside and coast from post-lockdown damage
  Open from Thursday 18th March 2021 to Saturday 18th September 2021
  1,952 signatures

• Ban holiday companies raising prices in school holidays.
  Open from Tuesday 26th November 2024 to Monday 26th May 2025
  1,897 signatures

• Fund 1:1 support for children with ECHPs all year not just term time
  Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
  1,826 signatures

• Ban holiday companies from charging higher prices in the school holidays
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  1,365 signatures

• Allow up to 10 days authorised school leave per year without fines
  Opened on Friday 10th April 2026
  1,264 signatures so far

• Do not cut school holidays or extend the school day
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  1,241 signatures

• Exemption from hotel quarantine for NHS staff travelling from home Countries
  Open from Friday 21st May 2021 to Sunday 21st November 2021
  1,022 signatures

• Devolve the same powers to Wales as Scotland
  Open from Tuesday 15th November 2022 to Monday 15th May 2023
  928 signatures

• Requirement planning permission to use/let a residential property for holidays
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  908 signatures

• Review the quality and cost of the Hotel Quarantine system
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  816 signatures

• Stop fines for taking children out of school on holiday
  Open from Wednesday 4th June 2025 to Thursday 4th December 2025
  777 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

• Extra funding for SEND holiday clubs
  Opened on Friday 24th April 2026
  599 signatures so far

• Allow parents to take their children out of school for 5 school days in a year
  Open from Monday 16th June 2025 to Tuesday 16th December 2025
  561 signatures

• Provide supermarket vouchers to the homeless so they can have a nutritious meal.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  531 signatures

• Only issue Department for Education announcements during working hours
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  501 signatures

• Grant an extra bank holiday in England on Magna Carta Day, 15th June.
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  456 signatures

• Veterans Day Bank Holiday the Monday following Remembrance Sunday
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  456 signatures

• Give children 5 school days of "bookable" leave per academic year
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  370 signatures so far

• Make St George’s Day a Bank Holiday for people in England
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  351 signatures

• Make Saint David's Day (Wales) and Saint George's Day (England) Bank Holidays
  Open from Thursday 12th December 2024 to Thursday 12th June 2025
  337 signatures

• Create a bank holiday on 12 July 2027 to celebrate the unification of England
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  326 signatures

• Create and fund a national holiday and respite grant scheme for disabled adults
  Opened on Thursday 19th February 2026
  316 signatures so far

• Christmas in July - 2 extra days off on Friday 23rd and Monday 26th July 2021
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  311 signatures

• Review passenger rights and airline practice following disruption to flights
  Open from Wednesday 15th June 2022 to Thursday 29th December 2022
  277 signatures

• Review school absence fines & CAP peak pricing of activities in school holidays
  Open from Wednesday 3rd September 2025 to Tuesday 3rd March 2026
  276 signatures

• All workers to be given rights to take paid leave to observe religious holidays
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  252 signatures

• Lower universal credit earnings threshold (the AET) for single parents
  Open from Monday 6th October 2025 to Monday 6th April 2026
  234 signatures

• Establish a 'Less Scroll, More Soul' Bank Holiday: An Offline 'In-Community' Day
  Opened on Tuesday 24th February 2026
  200 signatures so far

• Suspend 2021 school summer holidays - children to catch up from missed termtime.
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  196 signatures

• Create UK Bank Holidays on 25th and 28th June 2021 in lieu of Christmas 2020
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  155 signatures

• Stop Day 2 Tests for Green List and Fully Vaccinated Amber Arrivals
  Open from Tuesday 7th September 2021 to Monday 7th March 2022
  142 signatures

• Open primary schools for all children in England
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  133 signatures

• Do not deduct carers allowance pound for pound as its not work!
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  132 signatures

• Require all employers to give full-time employees 30 days annual leave
  Open from Thursday 17th April 2025 to Friday 17th October 2025
  126 signatures

• Give schoolchildren 5 flexible days off school each year
  Open from Monday 30th May 2022 to Wednesday 14th December 2022
  107 signatures

• Make the Queens Platinum Jubilee a permanent Bank Holiday
  Open from Thursday 28th April 2022 to Friday 11th November 2022
  104 signatures

• Open zoos up alongside outside sports and activities
  Open from Thursday 4th March 2021 to Saturday 4th September 2021
  101 signatures

• Require companies to cap price increases to 20% during school holidays
  Open from Monday 2nd June 2025 to Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  100 signatures

• Fund free school meals for all students year-round
  Open from Wednesday 17th November 2021 to Tuesday 17th May 2022
  91 signatures

• Make Eid a public holiday
  Open from Monday 4th April 2022 to Tuesday 18th October 2022
  87 signatures

• Seek to extend Mortgage Payment Holidays up to 9 months due to second lockdown
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  87 signatures

• Make Christmas Eve a bank holiday
  Opened on Tuesday 27th January 2026
  86 signatures so far

• 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

• Ban holiday companies from implementing price hikes during school breaks
  Opened on Thursday 12th March 2026
  85 signatures so far

• Increase the DWP Christmas bonus for benefit claimants in line with inflation
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  81 signatures

• Ban nurseries charging fees when closed and cap fees
  Open from Thursday 22nd May 2025 to Saturday 22nd November 2025
  80 signatures

• Fund more support for children with SEN & allow term-time holidays
  Open from Friday 13th June 2025 to Saturday 13th December 2025
  80 signatures

• Create a national holiday for Diwali and Eid (like for Christmas and Easter)
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  80 signatures

• Increase the number of bank holidays in England & Wales to 10 days
  Opened on Wednesday 26th November 2025
  80 signatures so far

• Create a 24/7 death certification, burial, and repatriation service
  Open from Friday 6th June 2025 to Saturday 6th December 2025
  78 signatures

• Stop the increase in quarantine fees for red list countries
  Open from Wednesday 11th August 2021 to Friday 11th February 2022
  76 signatures

• Make it mandatory to pay enhancement for working on bank holidays.
  Opened on Friday 1st May 2026
  74 signatures so far

• Allow all schools to choose their own holiday dates
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  69 signatures

• Make Armistice Day a bank holiday
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  64 signatures so far

• Work with lenders to extend mortgage holidays for those unable to return to work
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  62 signatures

• Launch a cross departmental review into school term times, holiday care & work
  Opened on Wednesday 25th February 2026
  62 signatures so far

• Review school holidays with a view to reducing the length of the summer holidays
  Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
  61 signatures

• Fund free school meals over school holidays until April 2021
  Open from Friday 30th October 2020 to Friday 30th April 2021
  60 signatures

• Queen Elizabeth II Day: New bank holiday 8th September or the Birthday (21.4)
  Open from Wednesday 28th September 2022 to Tuesday 28th March 2023
  59 signatures

• Re-regulate rural bus services in England
  Open from Tuesday 20th December 2022 to Tuesday 20th June 2023
  59 signatures

• Defer Christmas & Boxing Day holidays of 2020 to summer of 2021
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  58 signatures

• Stop businesses from making staff use annual leave at Christmas
  Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
  58 signatures

• Impose legal limits on non-essential flying for everyone
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  57 signatures

• Ban companies from charging single people higher prices for holidays
  Opened on Thursday 12th February 2026
  55 signatures so far

• Provide optional schooling for children with special needs during school breaks
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  54 signatures

• Make Christmas Eve, New Year’s Eve & 2 January bank holidays & seek UK alignment
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  54 signatures so far

• Let low-income parents take kids on short term-time holidays without fines
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  52 signatures so far

• Make Chinese New Year, Diwali, EID public holidays
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  52 signatures

• Require all employers to provide contractual sick pay on top of SSP
  Opened on Monday 17th November 2025
  46 signatures so far

• Increase the number of Bank Holidays/Public Holidays
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  43 signatures

• Make St David's Day a Bank holiday in Wales
  Opened on Tuesday 10th February 2026
  39 signatures so far

• Fund an increase to the school meal allowance in line with inflation
  Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
  39 signatures

• Make St Swithin's Day a Bank Holiday
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  39 signatures

• Give self employed people Tax Breaks equivalent to 5.6 weeks Holiday entitlement
  Open from Thursday 21st August 2025 to Saturday 21st February 2026
  38 signatures

• Create an Autumn Bank Holiday in England & Wales
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  37 signatures so far

• Government to introduce structured, supervised vocational work in year 9-11
  Opened on Wednesday 6th May 2026
  37 signatures so far

• Provide the free school meal entitlement throughout the year.
  Open from Thursday 29th October 2020 to Thursday 29th April 2021
  36 signatures

• Make August 1st a National Bank Holiday in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
  35 signatures

• Ban schools from setting mandatory homework over school holidays
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  34 signatures

• Require all state nurseries, schools and colleges to have the same term dates.
  Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
  34 signatures

• Increase the minimum holiday entitlement to 30 days including bank holidays
  Opened on Tuesday 14th April 2026
  34 signatures so far

• Use compulsory purchase to ensure safe access to a full Coastal Path route
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  32 signatures

• Require airlines to allow name changes if a passenger can’t travel
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  32 signatures

• Introduce additional bank holiday payments for state pensions
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  30 signatures

• Ban tourists from entering the UK during the pandemic
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  29 signatures

• Extend Stamp Duty holidays for Flat owners
  Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
  28 signatures

• Make Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha bank holidays
  Opened on Thursday 23rd April 2026
  27 signatures so far

• Reform statutory leave so all workers have enough paid leave to truly live
  Opened on Thursday 7th May 2026
  27 signatures so far

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