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.
Change the burden of proof in the Family Courts
Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
264 signatures so far
Amend laws on parental titles on birth certificates
Opened on Friday 5th December 2025
257 signatures so far
Revise the rules for the Child Benefit High Income Charge’s (CBHIC)
Open from Tuesday 25th January 2022 to Monday 25th July 2022
257 signatures
Fund the installation of metal detectors in all schools
Open from Tuesday 4th November 2025 to Monday 4th May 2026
253 signatures
Allow people over the age Eighteen to be lawfully adopted
Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
239 signatures
New guidance for Local Authorities on disabled children and their families
Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
239 signatures
Review use of the '"Child in Need" label by social workers & local authorities
Open from Thursday 2nd October 2025 to Thursday 2nd April 2026
234 signatures
Lower universal credit earnings threshold (the AET) for single parents
Open from Monday 6th October 2025 to Monday 6th April 2026
234 signatures
Fund improved services for families experiencing baby loss.
Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
234 signatures
Increase the statutory paternity leave allowance for fathers of multiple births
Open from Monday 30th December 2024 to Monday 30th June 2025
229 signatures
Stop Child Maintenance if parents are denied access to their children
Open from Friday 4th April 2025 to Saturday 4th October 2025
221 signatures
Make 'Care Experience' a Protected Characteristic
Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
218 signatures
Automatically alert educational institutions if pupil test positive for Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
217 signatures
Require a National Insurance number to access any NHS treatment
Opened on Tuesday 20th January 2026
213 signatures so far
Extend family visas for non-UK parents when health and social care paid by child
Open from Monday 14th March 2022 to Wednesday 28th September 2022
203 signatures
Require all staff at soft play centres be DBS checked
Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
194 signatures
Fund regular in-school dental health check-ups for children
Open from Monday 7th November 2022 to Sunday 7th May 2023
193 signatures
Change the way Universal Credit is worked out regarding Student Finance
Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
192 signatures
Review and reform legislation governing parental responsibility
Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
189 signatures
Child against parent violence to be recognised as domestic abuse & more support
Open from Tuesday 25th February 2025 to Monday 25th August 2025
186 signatures
Introduce an independent regulator of the Child Maintenance Service
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
178 signatures
Make parent alienation a criminal offence
Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
170 signatures
Reform Child Maintenance Service, strengthen processes to protect paying parent
Opened on Friday 6th February 2026
165 signatures so far
Remove the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
161 signatures
Allow child maintenance payslip deductions without notifying the paying parent
Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
151 signatures so far
Automatic 50/50 custody for separated parents without a criminal conviction
Opened on Monday 1st December 2025
149 signatures so far
Reinstate the Widowed Parent's Allowance for parents whose partner dies
Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
149 signatures
Create a national badge for parent and child spaces.
Open from Wednesday 27th November 2024 to Tuesday 27th May 2025
149 signatures
Change the law to allow under 16's to be recognised as victims of domestic abuse
Opened on Friday 9th January 2026
149 signatures so far
Fund support and research for children suffering with UBE2A Deficiency Syndrome
Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
146 signatures
Give parents legal rights to half of the ashes of a deceased child
Open from Thursday 24th February 2022 to Wednesday 24th August 2022
146 signatures
Regulate parent and child parking spaces
Open from Tuesday 31st January 2023 to Monday 31st July 2023
146 signatures
Increase earnings limit for single parent entitlement to Carer’s Allowance
Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
144 signatures
Remove Universal Credit ‘Take-home Pay’ deductions for lone parent households
Open from Tuesday 26th November 2024 to Monday 26th May 2025
134 signatures
Mandate breastfeeding policies & provisions in the workplace
Open from Tuesday 5th August 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026
129 signatures
Calculate child maintenance from net pay, not gross pay
Open from Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Friday 9th January 2026
128 signatures
Make divorces where a child is abused automatically eligible for legal aid
Open from Thursday 30th October 2025 to Thursday 30th April 2026
128 signatures
Give parents rights to have their surname in their child's name after separation
Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
122 signatures
Ban the taking of photographs of children without parental consent
Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
121 signatures
Make it easier to end parental responsibility of abusive or neglectful parents
Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
118 signatures
Change how CMS payments are calculated to take account of mortgage payments
Open from Wednesday 20th August 2025 to Friday 20th February 2026
113 signatures
Fund free first aid training for new parents
Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
111 signatures
Make it illegal to photograph minors in public without parental consent.
Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
108 signatures so far
New regulation for joint bank accounts between parents and children
Open from Friday 25th July 2025 to Sunday 25th January 2026
105 signatures
Give children a voice in family court
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
104 signatures
Fund parental leave for self-employed parents equivalent to that for employees
Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
101 signatures
Introduce mandatory fines for people parking in parent & child bays without kid
Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
99 signatures so far
Give grandparents the legal right to see their Grandchildren
Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
99 signatures
Free childcare entitlements for adopted children while parent on adoption leave
Open from Thursday 24th July 2025 to Saturday 24th January 2026
99 signatures
Require CMS to collect evidence that child maintenance is spent on the children
Open from Tuesday 16th September 2025 to Monday 16th March 2026
98 signatures
Increase SMP by 4 weeks at 90% pay when a baby is born before 37 weeks
Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
98 signatures
Review dual carriageway speed limits and moped access, especially for the A31
Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
97 signatures
Fund free chicken pox vaccinations for all children
Open from Friday 24th June 2022 to Saturday 7th January 2023
96 signatures
Require access for parents paying child maintenance
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
94 signatures
Introduce a 'Safe Haven' law for abandoned babies here in the UK
Open from Tuesday 6th December 2022 to Tuesday 6th June 2023
93 signatures
Family parking space badges for children up to 5 & fines for illegitimate use
Opened on Thursday 26th February 2026
92 signatures so far
Change the drinking age in pubs to 14 and alcohol purchasing age in pubs to 16
Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
89 signatures
Introduce specific rights for contact with a child for grandparents
Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
88 signatures so far
Child Maintenance to be paid onto cards that can only be spent on the children.
Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
87 signatures
Allow parents of apprentices to continue claiming child benefit and tax credits
Open from Wednesday 24th February 2021 to Tuesday 24th August 2021
86 signatures
Ban holiday companies from implementing price hikes during school breaks
Opened on Thursday 12th March 2026
85 signatures so far
Split the child benefit payment if parents share custody
Opened on Tuesday 6th January 2026
84 signatures so far
Change childcare funding eligibility to be based on household income up to £200k
Open from Friday 7th November 2025 to Thursday 7th May 2026
83 signatures
Reassess CMS calculations to include assets and non-PAYE income for parents
Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
83 signatures so far
Deduct neo-natal leave from return to work date for childcare funding purposes
Open from Tuesday 12th August 2025 to Thursday 12th February 2026
82 signatures
Review parental responsibility for their child’s violent behaviour
Opened on Tuesday 28th April 2026
80 signatures so far
Make it a legal offence for a parent to be absent from their child's life.
Open from Wednesday 11th December 2024 to Wednesday 11th June 2025
77 signatures
Require all publicly accessible car parks to have parent and child spaces
Open from Friday 29th August 2025 to Saturday 28th February 2026
77 signatures
Increase personal tax allowance for single parents
Open from Wednesday 2nd April 2025 to Thursday 2nd October 2025
77 signatures
Allow mothers to stay with children in foster care when parenting isn’t the risk
Opened on Tuesday 17th March 2026
77 signatures so far
Parents should not have to pay child maintenance if access to a child is denied
Open from Thursday 12th August 2021 to Saturday 12th February 2022
75 signatures
Base childcare support for working parents on household income
Open from Friday 2nd May 2025 to Sunday 2nd November 2025
74 signatures
Change the high income child benefit tax charge to total household income
Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
73 signatures
Fund a free school uniform for every child
Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
73 signatures
Give all Kinship Carers statutory parental leave.
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
72 signatures
Make it illegal to pierce the body of babies or children under the age of 11
Open from Tuesday 12th April 2022 to Wednesday 26th October 2022
71 signatures
Fund prescriptions for gluten-free food for all under 16s with coeliac disease
Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
70 signatures
Review Section 91(14) orders
Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
70 signatures
Make verified ID a requirement for opening a social media account.
Open from Monday 4th October 2021 to Monday 4th April 2022
69 signatures
Prevent rapists from having parental responsibility
Open from Friday 21st October 2022 to Friday 21st April 2023
68 signatures
Stop adding interest to student loans during maternity/paternity leave
Open from Wednesday 17th February 2021 to Tuesday 17th August 2021
68 signatures
Mandate recognition of primary caregiver in family court decisions
Opened on Friday 6th March 2026
67 signatures so far
Automatically strip parents who murder children of parental responsibility
Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
67 signatures so far
Reimburse parents for school uniform purchased should schools close again.
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
67 signatures
Review Child Maintenance Service to disincentivise parents withholding custody
Open from Tuesday 16th September 2025 to Monday 16th March 2026
66 signatures
Make urgent change to Adoption Support Fund to include Neurofeedback Therapy.
Open from Thursday 18th August 2022 to Saturday 4th March 2023
66 signatures
Require schools to notify parents with PR of welfare concerns about their child
Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
64 signatures
Allow conjugal visits for partners and children in England and Wales
Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
64 signatures
Launch a cross departmental review into school term times, holiday care & work
Opened on Wednesday 25th February 2026
62 signatures so far
The UK Government should not fine parents for taking children on holiday.
Open from Friday 26th February 2021 to Thursday 26th August 2021
62 signatures
Ensure all male public toilets have baby changing facilities
Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
61 signatures
End presumption of parental involvement in relation to child arrangement orders
Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
61 signatures
Expand eligibility for bereavement damages to adult children
Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
59 signatures so far
Remove parental responsibility for domestic abusers who refuse rehabilitation
Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
59 signatures
Give automatic equal benefits rights to separated parents who are co-parenting
Open from Monday 3rd March 2025 to Wednesday 3rd September 2025
58 signatures
Make all domestic animal breeding a regulated practice protecting the animals
Make child abandonment by a parent a criminal offence
Opened on Wednesday 17th December 2025
55 signatures so far
Make legal aid available to all parents in family court cases
Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
55 signatures
Include non-payment of Maintenance to CMS or financial support as economic abuse
Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
54 signatures
Stop child maintenance payments when the child is being unreasonably withheld.
Open from Friday 13th May 2022 to Sunday 27th November 2022
53 signatures
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