Petitions tagged with "Poverty"

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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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• Review support for single parents to reduce poverty and costly childcare
  Opened on Friday 8th May 2026
  37 signatures so far

• Fully fund tuition fees for all healthcare-related degree programs
  Opened on Friday 8th May 2026
  167 signatures so far

• End the tax threshold freeze to stop potentially pushing families into poverty
  Opened on Wednesday 6th May 2026
  73 signatures so far

• Increase minimum wage to £15 per hour
  Opened on Wednesday 6th May 2026
  35 signatures so far

• Reform Carer’s Allowance rules so carers can earn more without losing support
  Opened on Friday 24th April 2026
  360 signatures so far

• Require people to give a minimum of £50 pa to charity
  Opened on Friday 24th April 2026
  13 signatures so far

• Restructure the UK Energy Market to Adopt the Norwegian Model of Resource Wealth
  Opened on Tuesday 21st April 2026
  45 signatures so far

• Fund support package for NHS and social care workers and their families
  Opened on Wednesday 8th April 2026
  21 signatures so far

• Enforce measures recommended in the Public Accounts Committee's report on ECO4
  Opened on Friday 27th March 2026
  89 signatures so far

• Review financial support for parents if child maintenance payments can't be made
  Opened on Monday 23rd March 2026
  21 signatures so far

• Fund support for UK companies to create more internships & jobs for young people
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  94 signatures so far

• Give kinship carers equal financial & legal support to foster carers
  Opened on Tuesday 10th March 2026
  211 signatures so far

• Replace RPI with CPI in the calculation of interest added to student loans
  Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
  95 signatures so far

• Do Not Scrap the 1265 Directed Time Provision for Teachers
  Opened on Thursday 19th February 2026
  10,422 signatures so far

• Scrap the Immigration Health Surcharge for those living & working in the UK
  Opened on Friday 13th February 2026
  474 signatures so far

• Fund bus travel free for everyone under 18 years old
  Opened on Thursday 12th February 2026
  35 signatures so far

• Fund free female sanitary products for all women and girls
  Opened on Monday 9th February 2026
  466 signatures so far

• Reduce income tax rate for parents
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  30 signatures so far

• Scrap Payments on Account and increase self-employed personal allowance to £20k
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  152 signatures so far

• Review decision to end the ECO scheme, assess the economic and social impact
  Opened on Thursday 29th January 2026
  155 signatures so far

• Allow asylum seekers to work & create a 5-year ILR route for asylum seekers
  Opened on Monday 26th January 2026
  45 signatures so far

• Put time limits on claiming housing & welfare benefits and require job-seeking
  Opened on Monday 19th January 2026
  77 signatures so far

• Change Universal Credit so second parent earnings don't affect family’s payment
  Opened on Monday 19th January 2026
  25 signatures so far

• Introduce a National Baseline Energy Guarantee for All UK Households
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  41 signatures so far

• Protect FCDO expertise on humanitarian, development and peace capacity from cuts
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  145 signatures so far

• Review of support for widows and widowers with children under 18
  Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
  235 signatures so far

• Equalise the child benefit with UC child element & expand eligibility
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  16 signatures so far

• Cap the level Parish & Town Councils can raise tax to without a local referendum
  Opened on Thursday 4th December 2025
  81 signatures so far

• Abolish IPSA and set MP salaries to 160% of the 'National Living Wage'.
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  67 signatures so far

• National rough sleeping programme: permanent, safe accommodation and support
  Opened on Monday 1st December 2025
  151 signatures so far

• Abolish the 'tooth tax': remove VAT on children's toothbrushes and toothpaste.
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  1,444 signatures so far

• Scrap and replace the Marginal Pricing Model for UK Energy
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  124 signatures

• Fund Financial Support and Debt Relief for Survivors of Abusive Relationships
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  27 signatures

• Create a Cabinet Minister for Older People
  Open from Wednesday 22nd October 2025 to Wednesday 22nd April 2026
  66 signatures

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

• Ban all gambling ads from social media, TV and all other platforms
  Open from Tuesday 23rd September 2025 to Monday 23rd March 2026
  1,219 signatures

• Free bus travel for under 16s
  Open from Monday 22nd September 2025 to Sunday 22nd March 2026
  124 signatures

• Ban isolation rooms/booths in schools
  Open from Friday 22nd August 2025 to Sunday 22nd February 2026
  701 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

• Universal basic electricity allowance for all households, with usage thresholds
  Open from Tuesday 19th August 2025 to Thursday 19th February 2026
  172 signatures

• One-off payment for those leaving secondary education or college
  Open from Friday 8th August 2025 to Sunday 8th February 2026
  32 signatures

• Raise the minimum wage, remove the benefit cap & fund affordable childcare
  Open from Wednesday 6th August 2025 to Friday 6th February 2026
  89 signatures

• Fund free menstrual products and access to drinking water in public
  Open from Tuesday 5th August 2025 to Thursday 5th February 2026
  137 signatures

• Decouple electricity prices from gas and commit to phasing out fossil fuels
  Open from Wednesday 23rd July 2025 to Friday 23rd January 2026
  139 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

• Set fixed prices that councils can charge for burials and ban leasehold plots
  Open from Thursday 10th July 2025 to Saturday 10th January 2026
  30 signatures

• Fund Rent payments for Working Care Leavers in Supported Accommodation
  Open from Tuesday 1st July 2025 to Thursday 1st January 2026
  223 signatures

• Increase funding to build more council housing
  Open from Thursday 5th June 2025 to Friday 5th December 2025
  86 signatures

• Implement measures to reduce child poverty
  Open from Monday 19th May 2025 to Wednesday 19th November 2025
  2,550 signatures

• Review replacing JSA & ESA with Unemployment Insurance for overseas citizens
  Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
  11 signatures

• Abolish IPSA and set MP salaries to 160% of the 'National Living Wage'
  Open from Tuesday 29th April 2025 to Wednesday 29th October 2025
  131 signatures

• Keep the LCWRA Universal Credit component for under 22's
  Open from Thursday 24th April 2025 to Friday 24th October 2025
  180 signatures

• Protect Disability Benefits: Stop Changes to PIP and Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 14th April 2025 to Tuesday 14th October 2025
  2,157 signatures

• Introduce a 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million & tax reform
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  1,780 signatures

• Restore UK Leadership in Global Development – Reverse Aid Cuts
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  296 signatures

• Abolish the Minimum Income Floor in Universal Credit.
  Open from Tuesday 8th April 2025 to Wednesday 8th October 2025
  87 signatures

• Ban workplace or private pensions being considered in divorce settlements
  Open from Wednesday 26th March 2025 to Friday 26th September 2025
  40 signatures

• Raise statutory maternity/paternity pay to match the National Living Wage
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  107,966 signatures

• Close the child maintenance payment loophole for parents working abroad
  Open from Thursday 13th March 2025 to Saturday 13th September 2025
  43 signatures

• Limit the public budget for memorials to former Monarchs.
  Open from Friday 21st February 2025 to Thursday 21st August 2025
  55 signatures

• Hold a referendum on the abolition of the monarchy.
  Open from Wednesday 19th February 2025 to Tuesday 19th August 2025
  728 signatures

• Fund increased access to menstrual products to address period poverty
  Open from Wednesday 12th February 2025 to Tuesday 12th August 2025
  194 signatures

• Review regulation utility companies dividends and infrastructure investment
  Open from Tuesday 28th January 2025 to Monday 28th July 2025
  91 signatures

• Raise the National Living Wage to £12.50
  Open from Thursday 9th January 2025 to Wednesday 9th July 2025
  60 signatures

• Fund free period hygiene products via the NHS for all who need it
  Open from Tuesday 7th January 2025 to Monday 7th July 2025
  150 signatures

• Scrap the 2-child benefit cap
  Open from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Tuesday 24th June 2025
  444 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

• Reinstate full HS2 route to Manchester & Leeds to combat regional inequality.
  Open from Monday 25th November 2024 to Sunday 25th May 2025
  199 signatures

• Calculate child maintenance based on net rather than gross pay
  Open from Friday 8th November 2024 to Thursday 8th May 2025
  627 signatures

• Fund free period products for all
  Open from Wednesday 1st February 2023 to Tuesday 1st August 2023
  172 signatures

• Prohibit gambling advertisements on television
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  291 signatures

• Ban energy companies installing pre-payment meters without permission
  Open from Wednesday 25th January 2023 to Tuesday 25th July 2023
  30 signatures

• Increase funding for bio-fuel plants
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  15 signatures

• Increase State Pensions to £416.80 per week & lower Retirement Age to 60 for All
  Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
  44,956 signatures

• Make PIP an eligible benefit for cold weather payment
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  67 signatures

• Provide funding for installation of solar PV on social housing
  Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
  31 signatures

• Stop the repurposing of allotment sites for the next 3 years during food crisis
  Open from Monday 7th November 2022 to Sunday 7th May 2023
  124 signatures

• Increase the windfall tax on energy companies and apply it retroactively.
  Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  368 signatures

• Increase the LISA £450,000 first time buyer price cap in line with house prices.
  Open from Wednesday 7th September 2022 to Tuesday 21st March 2023
  98 signatures

• Nationalise all essential utilities – water, gas and electricity
  Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
  255 signatures

• Ban private jets from UK airspace
  

• Extend the windfall tax to all utility companies
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  59 signatures

• Make free sanitary products in public and workplace toilets a legal requirement
  Open from Tuesday 30th August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  63 signatures

• Halt overseas aid completely until the poverty in the UK is eradicated.
  Open from Friday 26th August 2022 to Sunday 12th March 2023
  58 signatures

• Implement recommendations of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme report
  Open from Wednesday 27th July 2022 to Friday 10th February 2023
  693 signatures

• All children in receipt of Universal Credit to receive free school meals
  Open from Friday 8th July 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023
  334 signatures

• Raise the Pension Credit income threshold to equivalent of National Living Wage
  Open from Thursday 30th June 2022 to Friday 13th January 2023
  29 signatures

• Fund free access to period products
  Open from Tuesday 28th June 2022 to Wednesday 11th January 2023
  122 signatures

• Increase Carer's Allowance to equal 35hrs at National Minimum Wage
  Open from Wednesday 8th June 2022 to Thursday 22nd December 2022
  34,295 signatures

• Increase State pensions to £380 a week, and lower retirement age to 60
  Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
  111,010 signatures

• Introduce a windfall tax on pharmaceutical companies’ Covid-19 related profits
  Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
  1,280 signatures

• Scrap university tuition fees for Student Nurses and re-introduce full bursary.
  Open from Friday 27th May 2022 to Sunday 11th December 2022
  110 signatures

• Ban the advertisement of high cost debt - 12 percent plus base rate
  Open from Monday 9th May 2022 to Wednesday 23rd November 2022
  741 signatures

• Full review of benefits available for people with Chronic & Hidden Disabilities
  Open from Wednesday 4th May 2022 to Friday 18th November 2022
  73 signatures

• Reinstate the IPC grant Funding which paid social care staff who need to isolate
  Open from Thursday 14th April 2022 to Friday 28th October 2022
  3,960 signatures

• Create an emergency fund for victims of failed funeral plan companies.
  Open from Thursday 14th April 2022 to Friday 28th October 2022
  2,427 signatures

• Reduce police funding by £1 billion per year and fund crime prevention instead
  Open from Tuesday 12th April 2022 to Wednesday 26th October 2022
  33 signatures

• Reduce the VAT on reusable menstrual products "Period Pants" from 20% to 0%
  Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
  6,055 signatures

• Increase benefits in line with current levels of inflation
  Open from Tuesday 29th March 2022 to Thursday 13th October 2022
  13,879 signatures

• Repeal the Climate Change Act 2008
  Open from Monday 28th March 2022 to Wednesday 12th October 2022
  374 signatures

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