Petitions tagged with "News"

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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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• Scrap the Voter ID requirement introduced in the Election Integrity Bill
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  102,430 signatures

• Tuition Fee Compensation for International Students in UK Universities
  Open from Tuesday 2nd March 2021 to Thursday 2nd September 2021
  36,222 signatures

• Review the need for a statutory owners and Directors Test in Football
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  31,086 signatures

• Increase Carers Allowance to equal 35hrs at National Minimum Wage
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  26,454 signatures

• Run a public information campaign on the climate crisis
  Opened on Friday 8th November 2024
  21,363 signatures so far

• Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation
  Opened on Friday 8th November 2024
  20,249 signatures so far

• Fund Evusheld the preventative COVID19 antibody for immunocompromised
  Open from Friday 25th March 2022 to Sunday 9th October 2022
  18,918 signatures

• Repatriate refugees when their country of origin is safe
  Open from Wednesday 24th March 2021 to Friday 24th September 2021
  11,035 signatures

• Create a new independent statutory regulator for all UK News Media
  Open from Friday 19th February 2021 to Thursday 19th August 2021
  10,819 signatures

• Make disregard for learners' safety an aggravating factor in driving offences
  Open from Friday 27th May 2022 to Sunday 11th December 2022
  10,705 signatures

• Do not introduce laws to restrict strike action
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  5,123 signatures

• Block legislation to privatise the BBC and Channel 4
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  3,216 signatures

• Permanently abolish NHS pension abatement rules
  Open from Wednesday 13th April 2022 to Thursday 27th October 2022
  2,825 signatures

• Devolve legislative powers over broadcasting to the Scottish Parliament
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  2,432 signatures

• Commission an independent review into GP access
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  2,350 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

• #SaveSue, Save Small Home Dog Breeders-Remove the Business Test from AWR 2018
  Open from Friday 10th September 2021 to Thursday 10th March 2022
  1,608 signatures

• Do not increase state pension age above 66
  Open from Monday 20th June 2022 to Tuesday 3rd January 2023
  1,356 signatures

• Urge India/the UN to allow UN Peacekeepers to Kashmir to carry out a plebiscite
  Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
  1,193 signatures

• Reduce or remove VAT on the supply, rental & repair of bicycles, inc. e-bikes
  Open from Friday 17th December 2021 to Friday 17th June 2022
  1,032 signatures

• Prohibit the sale and use in the UK of palm oil and its derivatives in foods
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  1,005 signatures

• Increase funding to make Covid-19 vaccines available to developing countries
  Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
  898 signatures

• Require the UK flag and letters on new number plates from March 2023 by law
  Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
  845 signatures

• Extend Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 protections to all Wildlife
  Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
  642 signatures

• Implement the recommendations of the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance
  Open from Monday 26th September 2022 to Sunday 26th March 2023
  616 signatures

• Make it mandatory for local councils in England to have a weapons bin
  Open from Tuesday 1st September 2020 to Monday 1st March 2021
  463 signatures

• Do not cut domestic Air Passenger Duty
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  434 signatures

• Require all new vans sold in the UK to be factory fitted with a Cat 1 alarm
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  392 signatures

• Urge Ofcom to ban racial slurs such as the N-word in media broadcasting
  Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
  340 signatures

• Give all businesses a grant matching any loans under the Bounce Back Scheme
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  297 signatures

• Provide increased support to the cinema industry to protect it and employees
  Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
  287 signatures

• Extend ‘Harper's Law’ to include social workers
  Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
  268 signatures

• Make being non-binary a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010
  Open from Thursday 22nd April 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021
  261 signatures

• Clarify the new Government RSE & Health Education guidance
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  237 signatures

• Ensure all UK's plastic waste is processed and recycled in the UK
  Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
  228 signatures

• Make it an offence for media outlets to publish unfounded or false statements
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  214 signatures

• Devolve full justice powers to the Welsh Government
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  205 signatures

• Suspend sanctions on benefit claimants during COVID crisis
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  202 signatures

• Scrap rise in National Insurance and use a Wealth Tax to save NHS & Social Care
  Open from Monday 20th September 2021 to Sunday 20th March 2022
  196 signatures

• Require trigger warnings for all broadcasts related to sexual violence
  Open from Tuesday 3rd May 2022 to Thursday 17th November 2022
  193 signatures

• Reduce student loan debt and interest to mitigate the impact of Covid-19
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  173 signatures

• Ban the sale of disposable face masks to the general public
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  141 signatures

• Ban import of products from Amazon rainforest if not Deforestation Free
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  112 signatures

• Mandate doors on new supermarket fridges to reduce electricity use and emissions
  Open from Wednesday 1st February 2023 to Tuesday 1st August 2023
  101 signatures

• 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

• Have a fresh Independent Inquiry into MP's Salaries, Expenses and Standards.
  Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
  74 signatures

• Condemn mink farming and work internationally to end the practice
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  74 signatures

• Increase UK aid for Yemen from for 2021 up to £300 million
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  70 signatures

• Ban body shaming in the media
  Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
  65 signatures

• Make consent to school administered vaccinations opt out rather than opt in
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  64 signatures

• Provide BSL interpretation for coronavirus briefings from the PM (in England)
  Open from Tuesday 10th November 2020 to Monday 10th May 2021
  56 signatures

• Amend the BBC's royal charter to limit salaries to a maximum of £250,000 a year
  Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
  53 signatures

• Add more Bull Terrier type dogs to the Dangerous Dogs Act
  Open from Thursday 30th June 2022 to Friday 13th January 2023
  48 signatures

• New public holiday 2nd to 5th July 2021 to celebrate a postponed Christmas 2020
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  47 signatures

• Increase funding for mental health crisis patient aftercare
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  46 signatures

• Apply a carbon tax to all imported food that is proportional to food miles
  Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
  45 signatures

• Ban the online sale of police uniform and equipment to non-police
  Open from Thursday 21st October 2021 to Thursday 21st April 2022
  41 signatures

• Introduce new rules for party political campaign material
  Open from Wednesday 10th March 2021 to Friday 10th September 2021
  37 signatures

• Please do not extend evictions ban
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  33 signatures

• Harsher sentencing for assaults' on police, emergency workers & prison officers.
  Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
  33 signatures

• Require collection of birth registration data on both parents’ previous children
  Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
  30 signatures

• Legally ban the consumption of alcohol in the workplace
  Open from Thursday 10th February 2022 to Wednesday 10th August 2022
  29 signatures

• Make 5% deposit mortgage guarantee scheme available only to first-time buyers
  Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
  28 signatures

• Revise the army tattoo policy to allow neck tattoos visible from the front
  Open from Friday 27th November 2020 to Thursday 27th May 2021
  27 signatures

• Review handling of rape cases & training given to investigating police officers
  Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
  25 signatures

• Make Media Studies a compulsory subject in UK schools (from an early age).
  Open from Tuesday 15th December 2020 to Tuesday 15th June 2021
  24 signatures

• Move the August Bank Holiday from 31st August to 14th August for VJ Day.
  Open from Friday 17th July 2020 to Sunday 17th January 2021
  24 signatures

• Reduce the checking period for petitions on UK Government & Parliament website
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  24 signatures

• Support Ukraine's strive to gain NATO membership urgently.
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  23 signatures

• Justice for Daniel Morgan: Finish the Leveson Inquiry
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  23 signatures

• Make Ageism a Hate Crime
  Open from Monday 14th June 2021 to Tuesday 14th December 2021
  22 signatures

• Ban employees monitoring applications in the UK
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  20 signatures

• Limit public sector spending on external consultants
  Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
  20 signatures

• Fund regular Vitamin D and Pth testing for Chronic Kidney Disease patients
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  20 signatures

• Stamp Duty Holiday for New Build buyers who booked a house before end of June
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  20 signatures

• Require Social media sites review every post/comment before publication
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  18 signatures

• Provide face coverings to all pupils over ten in receipt of free school meals.
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  17 signatures

• Settled Status for EU citizens who contributed as key workers during Covid-19.
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  17 signatures

• Move VAT collection back to the point of import
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  11 signatures

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