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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• 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

• 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

• 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

• Create a ‘National Sleep Strategy’ to end child bed poverty
  Open from Tuesday 4th January 2022 to Monday 4th July 2022
  18,496 signatures

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

• 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

• Temporarily suspend all taxes on all fuels and energy bills
  Open from Wednesday 9th March 2022 to Friday 23rd September 2022
  1,481 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

• 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

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

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

• 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

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

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

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

• Reinstate the Widowed Parent's Allowance for parents whose partner dies
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  149 signatures

• Allow people living with a partner to make single claims for Universal Credit
  Open from Monday 24th January 2022 to Sunday 24th July 2022
  140 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

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

• Remove environmental and social obligation charges for electricity
  Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
  106 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

• Require schools to make uniform optional
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  95 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

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

• Increase funding for existing and new youth clubs
  Open from Thursday 17th March 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022
  59 signatures

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

• Retain full benefits for parents facing temporary removal of their children
  Open from Friday 18th February 2022 to Thursday 18th August 2022
  37 signatures

• Ban private jets from UK airspace
  

• 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

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

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

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

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