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.
Bring back the death penalty for convicted murderers
Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
280 signatures
Mandatory pausing of civil court actions during domestic abuse investigations
Opened on Friday 20th March 2026
275 signatures so far
Tougher sentences for shaken baby deaths
Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
274 signatures
Fund a new way to support young people with SEND in schools.
Open from Thursday 23rd October 2025 to Thursday 23rd April 2026
274 signatures
Ban plea bargains in domestic violence cases if perpetrator has prior conviction
Open from Tuesday 12th August 2025 to Thursday 12th February 2026
254 signatures
Ban the sale and use of rat poison due to the negative impact on wildlife
Opened on Monday 19th January 2026
253 signatures so far
Replace life sentences with whole life terms for the most serious offenders
Open from Wednesday 13th August 2025 to Friday 13th February 2026
252 signatures
Turn Marine Conservation Areas into No Take Zones
Open from Monday 7th June 2021 to Tuesday 7th December 2021
249 signatures
Protections for Migrant Workers in the Care Worker Visa Sponsorship System (COS)
Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
240 signatures
Independent Body to deal with misconduct in Public Services & training
Open from Friday 4th July 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026
236 signatures
Increase the maximum sentence for coercive control to 10 years
Opened on Wednesday 10th December 2025
233 signatures so far
Allow the Police to use the public genealogy databases to investigate cold cases
Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
228 signatures
Create a task force to improve safety and justice for women and children
Open from Friday 22nd August 2025 to Sunday 22nd February 2026
212 signatures
Don't reduce the number of trials by jury
Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
212 signatures
Extend death by dangerous/careless driving offences to apply on private land
Open from Friday 9th July 2021 to Sunday 9th January 2022
206 signatures
Reintroduce the death penalty for murder
Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
202 signatures so far
Allow sentence reductions for rehabilitated Extended Determinate prisoners -EDS-
Opened on Wednesday 15th April 2026
196 signatures so far
Hold a new Royal Commission on the Police and Criminal Justice System
Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
194 signatures
Give Early Parole or Deportation for Certain Life Prisoners in the UK
Opened on Friday 1st May 2026
189 signatures so far
Compulsory immediate prison sentences for people convicted of rape
Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
189 signatures
Automatically revoke spousal visas from abusive partners in the UK
Open from Friday 20th June 2025 to Saturday 20th December 2025
180 signatures
Review funding for our police services
Open from Friday 24th January 2025 to Thursday 24th July 2025
168 signatures
Reinstate the NI Legacy Act protecting veterans from prosecution
Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
168 signatures so far
Reform Child Maintenance Service, strengthen processes to protect paying parent
Opened on Friday 6th February 2026
165 signatures so far
Improve regulation of letting agents including new statutory regulator
Open from Tuesday 5th August 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026
164 signatures
Public inquiry into the use of Debendox for pregnant women
Open from Wednesday 14th October 2020 to Wednesday 14th April 2021
162 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
Make public inquiry recommendations legally enforceable
Open from Tuesday 26th August 2025 to Thursday 26th February 2026
158 signatures
Cap cost of prison phone calls to 5p per minute & free weekly allowance
Open from Wednesday 6th August 2025 to Friday 6th February 2026
156 signatures
Repeal laws that restrict the right to free speech in the UK
Opened on Friday 6th March 2026
152 signatures so far
Reinstate the death penalty for Treason
Opened on Monday 9th March 2026
151 signatures so far
Ban the use of therapy notes of rape survivors in court proceedings
Open from Wednesday 10th September 2025 to Tuesday 10th March 2026
151 signatures
Review handling of rape and sexual offences committed by under 18s
Open from Tuesday 19th July 2022 to Thursday 2nd February 2023
151 signatures
Ban the words "plant", "grass" & "tree" when used to sell plastic substitutes
Open from Tuesday 26th July 2022 to Thursday 9th February 2023
150 signatures
Increase maximum animal cruelty punishment from five years to eight years
Open from Monday 27th January 2025 to Sunday 27th July 2025
150 signatures
Review strategy for youth crime & anti-social behaviour, and increase funding
Open from Tuesday 21st January 2025 to Monday 21st July 2025
149 signatures
Require All Family Law Professionals to have Training about Domestic Abuse
Open from Friday 10th January 2025 to Thursday 10th July 2025
147 signatures
Bring back the death penalty for homicide of a child
Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
141 signatures
Review the criminal justice system for child sexual offence allegations
Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
139 signatures
Review how the legal system and police treat abuse cases
Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
129 signatures
Hold a Referendum on Capital Punishment for heinous crimes
Open from Tuesday 29th July 2025 to Thursday 29th January 2026
126 signatures
Set mandatory minimum sentences for all child-related offences
Opened on Monday 15th December 2025
122 signatures so far
Make patterned domestic violence a specific criminal offence with no time limits
Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
119 signatures
Require coroners to find out if the deceased was a veteran and fund a database
Open from Tuesday 21st October 2025 to Tuesday 21st April 2026
117 signatures
Return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
Open from Tuesday 15th March 2022 to Thursday 29th September 2022
113 signatures
Introduce the death penalty for certain child sex offences
Opened on Friday 27th March 2026
110 signatures so far
10-year minimum sentence & lifetime registration for child sex abuse & images
Opened on Wednesday 26th November 2025
110 signatures so far
Commission a review into racial inequalities in the criminal justice system
Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
110 signatures
Keep the 5-year ILR pathway and restrict benefits & citizenship for 5 more years
Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
110 signatures so far
Scrap six-year time limit for claims in Overseas Operations Act
Open from Tuesday 10th June 2025 to Wednesday 10th December 2025
110 signatures
Owners to be able to claim compensation for pet suffering due to vet negligence
Open from Thursday 8th May 2025 to Saturday 8th November 2025
109 signatures
Life imprisonment for rapists without release
Open from Friday 28th February 2025 to Thursday 28th August 2025
108 signatures
Review the criminal justice system.
Open from Tuesday 21st January 2025 to Monday 21st July 2025
108 signatures
Conduct a review of working conditions in the security industry
Opened on Tuesday 7th April 2026
107 signatures so far
Urgently implement all Cumberlege Report recommendations and reform the MHRA
Opened on Friday 6th March 2026
107 signatures so far
Prohibit disclosure of pre-trial therapy notes in sexual assault investigations
Open from Tuesday 27th May 2025 to Thursday 27th November 2025
105 signatures
Make legal aid available to all victims of domestic abuse/coercive control
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
104 signatures
Create a Race Equality Action Plan for England
Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
103 signatures
Abolish time limits for legal action for medical negligence related to pregnancy
Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
101 signatures
Review the criminal justice system for sexual abuse allegations
Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
101 signatures
Mandatory Life Sentence For Child Sex Offences
Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
100 signatures
Ban Insurance Increases After Non-Fault Claims
Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
97 signatures
Raise the minimum wage across the UK and keep pace with inflation
Open from Tuesday 22nd July 2025 to Thursday 22nd January 2026
97 signatures
Reinstate legal aid in all areas
Open from Friday 31st January 2025 to Thursday 31st July 2025
96 signatures
Reintroduce the death penalty for Treason, Rape, Murder, Terrorism & Espionage
Opened on Wednesday 25th March 2026
91 signatures so far
Increase funding to combat violence against women and girls in the UK & abroad
Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
88 signatures
Introduce new specific criminal offence of Adult Grooming & Exploitation
Open from Monday 11th August 2025 to Wednesday 11th February 2026
88 signatures
Public review of police practices to consider biases
Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
82 signatures
Make Neglect in Public Office a Specific Criminal Offence
Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
82 signatures
Issue earned medals to Armed Forces Veterans automatically without need to apply
Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
81 signatures
Establish a single public register of gifts to judges, MPs, police & royals
Open from Tuesday 7th October 2025 to Tuesday 7th April 2026
81 signatures
Review procedures to ensure terrorist regimes & groups don't receive UK funding
Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
80 signatures so far
Ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention
Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
79 signatures
Introduce Mandatory National Service or Training for Youth Offenders.
Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
75 signatures so far
Increase minimum sentences for gun-related crimes
Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
75 signatures
Amend Article 6 of the Human Rights Act to ensure a fair trial for Victims
Open from Monday 31st March 2025 to Tuesday 30th September 2025
74 signatures
Reverse the recent November price rise for ordering probate and will records
Opened on Monday 8th December 2025
74 signatures so far
Hold a referendum on the re-introduction of capital punishment for murder
Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
73 signatures so far
Make identity theft a recordable crime
Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
73 signatures so far
Limit the use of fully autonomous AI systems to make high-risk decisions
Opened on Tuesday 24th February 2026
72 signatures so far
End concurrent sentencing for multiple serious offences
Opened on Friday 17th April 2026
72 signatures so far
Review family court legal aid for working mothers who've survived domestic abuse
Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
72 signatures
Automatic right to appeal for people convicted of murder under joint enterprise
Opened on Tuesday 21st April 2026
71 signatures so far
Restore Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold increases from April 2026
Opened on Friday 6th March 2026
70 signatures so far
Require cctv inside graveyards
Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
70 signatures so far
Introduce reforms to better support victims of sexual assault and domestic abuse
Open from Monday 4th October 2021 to Monday 4th April 2022
69 signatures
Mandatory 50 year sentence for child sex abuse, rape, murder, terrorism & kidnap
Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
69 signatures
Make cat theft a specific illegal offence.
Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
68 signatures
Introduce a 10 year minimum sentence for manslaughter
Opened on Tuesday 10th March 2026
68 signatures so far
Increase funding for the Criminal Cases Review Commission
Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
67 signatures
Minimum 5-year sentence for assaulting a police officer
Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
67 signatures
Require all Family Law Professionals to have training on neurodivergence
Open from Friday 28th March 2025 to Sunday 28th September 2025
67 signatures
Ban cross-examination of victims of sexual abuse
Open from Thursday 23rd January 2025 to Wednesday 23rd July 2025
67 signatures
Abolish the sentencing council and revoke its sentencing guidelines
Open from Friday 25th April 2025 to Saturday 25th October 2025
66 signatures
Review the way the criminal justice system supports male victims
Open from Monday 12th May 2025 to Wednesday 12th November 2025
66 signatures
Change the term "lifetime sex offender registration” to reflect it is reviewable
Opened on Friday 27th February 2026
65 signatures so far
Review how the justice system handles financial abuse
Open from Friday 31st January 2025 to Thursday 31st July 2025
65 signatures
Review Family Law to Prevent False Domestic Abuse Allegations
Opened on Wednesday 17th December 2025
63 signatures so far
Award A Level Private Candidates Denied CAG's Their UCAS Predicted Grades.
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
63 signatures
Stricter Sentences for Serious Offenders and Improved Community Safety
Opened on Monday 5th January 2026
62 signatures so far
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