Petitions tagged with "Penalty"

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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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• Make dog theft a specific criminal offence
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  316,545 signatures

• Review possible penalties for social media posts, including the use of prison
  Open from Friday 20th June 2025 to Saturday 20th December 2025
  191,592 signatures

• Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  133,008 signatures

• Protect Retail Workers from Abuse, Threats and Violence.
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  104,354 signatures

• Tougher sentences for hit and run drivers who cause death
  Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
  104,323 signatures

• Shakeel's Law - Reform laws on hit and run drivers
  Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
  41,749 signatures

• Increase sentences for one punch assaults that kill to equal those for murder
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  24,808 signatures

• Abolish interest charges on student loans
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  22,128 signatures so far

• Strengthen the Animal Welfare Act 2006
  Open from Tuesday 22nd April 2025 to Wednesday 22nd October 2025
  21,391 signatures

• Introduce prison sentences for deliberate cruelty to wild birds including pigeon
  Opened on Friday 30th January 2026
  21,244 signatures so far

• Update the dangerous dogs act to specifically protect horses
  Open from Friday 22nd November 2024 to Thursday 22nd May 2025
  20,712 signatures

• Permanently reduce the Lifetime ISA (LISA) withdrawal penalty from 25% to 20%.
  Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
  20,289 signatures

• Require all businesses and public services to accept cash payments
  Open from Friday 15th November 2024 to Thursday 15th May 2025
  17,106 signatures

• Kristian Johnson’s Law. Life sentences for Death by Careless & Dangerous Driving
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  13,663 signatures

• Ban payment processors stopping services based on objections to legal content
  Open from Tuesday 26th August 2025 to Thursday 26th February 2026
  13,556 signatures

• Bring back the death penalty
  Open from Thursday 9th April 2020 to Friday 9th October 2020
  12,691 signatures

• Create a new body to regulate landlord and freeholder service charges
  Open from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Thursday 19th June 2025
  12,125 signatures

• Review process for booking driving tests and ban the resale at inflated prices
  Open from Thursday 9th January 2025 to Wednesday 9th July 2025
  11,762 signatures

• Do not require parents to register home educated children with local authorities
  Open from Tuesday 31st May 2022 to Wednesday 14th December 2022
  11,116 signatures

• Review and reform legal status of pets, and rules on animal control equipment
  Opened on Thursday 8th January 2026
  10,991 signatures so far

• Introduce new requirements for cyclists/e-scooters: visible ID, licences, etc
  Open from Monday 7th June 2021 to Tuesday 7th December 2021
  10,498 signatures

• Abolish whole life orders and reintroduce the death penalty
  Open from Friday 29th November 2024 to Thursday 29th May 2025
  9,085 signatures

• Take action to make entering the UK illegally extremely unattractive for adults
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  8,790 signatures

• Reduce roadside littering: penalty points, increase fines, fund litter picks
  Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
  8,403 signatures so far

• Introduce 3 point penalty on driving licence for litter thrown from any vehicle
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  7,026 signatures

• Pass house building reforms for construction of 1.4 million approved houses
  Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
  6,949 signatures so far

• Legalise pepper spray in England
  Open from Monday 3rd November 2025 to Sunday 3rd May 2026
  6,829 signatures

• Give police stronger powers to tackle motorcycle theft & increase penalties
  Open from Thursday 13th February 2025 to Wednesday 13th August 2025
  6,820 signatures

• Make the Ministerial Code and Nolan Principles legally enforceable for MPs
  Open from Wednesday 28th July 2021 to Friday 28th January 2022
  5,740 signatures

• Ban all forms of hunting and introduce harsher penalties
  Open from Wednesday 13th November 2024 to Tuesday 13th May 2025
  5,582 signatures

• Higher minimum penalties for death by dangerous driving
  Open from Friday 5th September 2025 to Thursday 5th March 2026
  5,374 signatures

• Make tool theft a specific criminal offence with tougher penalties
  Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
  4,478 signatures

• Penalties for Local Authorities if their EHCP decision is overturned at Tribunal
  Open from Friday 25th April 2025 to Saturday 25th October 2025
  3,562 signatures

• Introduce stricter minimum penalties for acts of animal cruelty.
  Open from Wednesday 11th December 2024 to Wednesday 11th June 2025
  3,469 signatures

• Bring back the Death Penalty for child sexual abuse, rape and murder
  Open from Thursday 7th July 2022 to Saturday 21st January 2023
  3,276 signatures

• Make failing to report drink driving with child passengers an offence
  Open from Thursday 12th May 2022 to Saturday 26th November 2022
  3,240 signatures

• Make it a specific criminal offence for social workers to lie
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  3,181 signatures

• Allow licences to be issued to wildlife rehabilitators to release grey squirrels
  Open from Wednesday 4th June 2025 to Thursday 4th December 2025
  3,130 signatures

• Introduce licensing of horse owners and make current code of practice statutory
  Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
  2,906 signatures

• Change speeding penalties to 1point for up to 25MPH on a 20MPH road
  Open from Tuesday 20th May 2025 to Thursday 20th November 2025
  2,702 signatures

• Bring back capital punishment for the rape of a child
  Open from Tuesday 4th March 2025 to Thursday 4th September 2025
  2,593 signatures

• Make Male Genital Mutilation (Circumcision) an offence unless medically required
  Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
  2,592 signatures

• Make a dog injuring or killing a cat a specific offence
  Opened on Thursday 19th February 2026
  2,504 signatures so far

• Implement an "HSE Owned Legal Register for Electricians"
  Open from Monday 10th March 2025 to Wednesday 10th September 2025
  2,467 signatures

• Ban the sale of cats and dogs online and increase penalties
  Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
  2,375 signatures

• Mandate whole-life sentence for knife-related murders & stricter penalties
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd February 2026
  2,052 signatures so far

• Repeal the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, introduce new laws on penalties & education
  Opened on Thursday 29th January 2026
  1,904 signatures so far

• Introduce new penalties for repeated breaches of SEND law
  Opened on Friday 8th May 2026
  1,864 signatures so far

• Increase penalties and fund increased enforcement for river pollution
  Open from Friday 11th November 2022 to Thursday 11th May 2023
  1,850 signatures

• Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave For People With Fibroids and PCOS
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  1,835 signatures

• Review rules, policing and harm of marches
  Opened on Tuesday 25th November 2025
  1,758 signatures so far

• Increase penalties for driving while holding or using a mobile phone
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  1,617 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into organised political disinformation & hate speech
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  1,545 signatures so far

• Make it legal to carry regulated non-lethal self-defence products.
  Open from Friday 24th October 2025 to Friday 24th April 2026
  1,504 signatures

• Require drive through takeaways to print vehicle registrations on the packaging
  Open from Friday 27th January 2023 to Thursday 27th July 2023
  1,469 signatures

• Make non-payment of child maintenance a criminal offence
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  1,467 signatures

• Tougher Laws/Penalties to tackle theft of Catalytic Converters
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  1,449 signatures

• Introduce breeder licences, a dog database & harsher punishments for dog abuse
  Open from Thursday 5th December 2024 to Thursday 5th June 2025
  1,348 signatures

• Reduce fixed penalty for speeding in a 20mph zone to 1 penalty point
  Open from Tuesday 2nd August 2022 to Thursday 16th February 2023
  1,311 signatures

• Harsher punishments for sex offenders and bans near schools
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  1,282 signatures

• Hold MPs accountable for misleading statements and apply sanctions
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  1,057 signatures so far

• Increase penalties for dog theft and illegal puppy farming
  Open from Thursday 18th February 2021 to Wednesday 18th August 2021
  1,033 signatures

• Review and strengthen protections for children online
  Opened on Tuesday 14th April 2026
  1,015 signatures so far

• Create statutory procedures for sexual offence complaints at university
  Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
  940 signatures

• Increase the £450k Lifetime ISA (LISA) house price cap in London
  Open from Tuesday 25th January 2022 to Monday 25th July 2022
  914 signatures

• Legally require absent parents to undertake medical testing if child is unwell
  Opened on Friday 8th May 2026
  907 signatures so far

• Bring back the death penalty for certain offences including murder
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  880 signatures

• Regulate the courier service industry with penalties for undelivered parcels
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  876 signatures

• Reinstate capital punishment for those convicted of sexually abusing of a child
  Open from Thursday 11th September 2025 to Wednesday 11th March 2026
  855 signatures

• Ban the sale of secondhand and unroadworthy cars to underage drivers
  Open from Thursday 27th March 2025 to Saturday 27th September 2025
  854 signatures

• Make it a specific criminal offence for a dog to attack another dog
  Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
  834 signatures

• Kristian Johnsons Law. Life sentences for Death by Careless & Dangerous Driving.
  Open from Friday 19th February 2021 to Thursday 19th August 2021
  825 signatures

• Hold a referendum on restoring the Death Penalty for murder
  Open from Friday 7th February 2025 to Thursday 7th August 2025
  818 signatures

• Review Dangerous Dog Act 1991 and bring in dog ownership license and dog tagging
  Opened on Tuesday 17th March 2026
  817 signatures so far

• Ban balaclavas except for winter activity use
  Open from Tuesday 11th March 2025 to Thursday 11th September 2025
  779 signatures

• Restore the death penalty for serious offences
  Open from Thursday 2nd February 2023 to Wednesday 2nd August 2023
  774 signatures

• Reverse Abortion Decriminalisation in England and Wales
  Open from Monday 14th July 2025 to Wednesday 14th January 2026
  755 signatures

• Impose financial penalties when parent is killed due to dangerous driving
  Opened on Tuesday 7th April 2026
  712 signatures so far

• Increase penalties for illegal off-road driving
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  705 signatures

• Bring the Parking Code of Practice into law, as per the 2019 Act of Parliament.
  Open from Friday 6th December 2024 to Friday 6th June 2025
  672 signatures

• Increase Statutory Paternity Leave to a minimum 12 weeks paid leave for fathers
  Opened on Friday 20th March 2026
  576 signatures so far

• Make all households with income under £200,000 eligible for free childcare
  Open from Thursday 6th February 2025 to Wednesday 6th August 2025
  547 signatures

• Introduce statutory regulation and enforcement for managing agents & freeholders
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  524 signatures so far

• Call referendum on introducing death penalty for certain offences
  Opened on Monday 9th March 2026
  523 signatures so far

• Make online bullying a specific crime & new rules for social media platforms
  Open from Wednesday 11th June 2025 to Thursday 11th December 2025
  522 signatures

• Stop price increases by water service providers failing environmental standards
  Opened on Friday 6th March 2026
  512 signatures so far

• Change law: OFWAT to block dividends & executive bonuses when rationing water
  Open from Wednesday 16th July 2025 to Friday 16th January 2026
  503 signatures

• Fund/legislate for improved security and facilities for HGV drivers
  Open from Monday 7th April 2025 to Tuesday 7th October 2025
  488 signatures

• Increase minimum and maximum sentences for child sexual offences
  Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
  473 signatures

• Set legal limits for PFAS in drinking water, ban PFAS in consumer goods and food
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  469 signatures so far

• Two penalty points to be issued to drivers of vehicles when littering from it.
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  455 signatures

• Introduce harsher penalties for causing death by careless driving
  Open from Tuesday 23rd September 2025 to Monday 23rd March 2026
  452 signatures

• Bring back death penalty for child killers and mass murderers
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  449 signatures

• Raise the minimum sentence for hit-and-run crimes to two years imprisonment
  Opened on Monday 13th April 2026
  446 signatures so far

• Introduce a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  433 signatures

• Introduce Statutory licensing and regulation of Builders/Construction workers
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  431 signatures

• Automatic Mandatory Penalties if Local Authorities miss Statutory SEND deadlines
  Open from Monday 13th October 2025 to Monday 13th April 2026
  410 signatures

• Government to do more to protect victims of false allegations
  Open from Tuesday 6th May 2025 to Thursday 6th November 2025
  395 signatures

• Give parents who split up automatic 50/50 shared care of their children
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  388 signatures

• Require MPs to evidence all contributions in Parliament and introduce penalties
  Open from Thursday 12th June 2025 to Friday 12th December 2025
  378 signatures

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