Petitions tagged with "Skills"

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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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• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills
  Opened on Friday 17th April 2026
  77,472 signatures so far

• Offer healthcare workers on tier2 visa ILR after 2 years instead of 5 years
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  52,962 signatures

• Improve funding, pay & professional recognition for the Early Years workforce
  Opened on Friday 6th March 2026
  26,346 signatures so far

• Stop HMRC implementing making tax digital and enforcing quarterly submissions
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  20,083 signatures

• Allow wild camping in England
  Open from Thursday 11th March 2021 to Saturday 11th September 2021
  16,411 signatures

• Embed food, farming, and sustainability education into the national curriculum
  Open from Friday 1st November 2024 to Thursday 1st May 2025
  14,477 signatures

• Grant wraparound and holiday care providers urgent financial support
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  11,327 signatures

• Add content on death, dying and bereavement to the national curriculum
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  11,322 signatures

• Reciprocal agreement with the EU on the transfer of UK CAA Flight Crew Licences.
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  10,533 signatures

• UKRI should extend all PhD students affected by COVID-19
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  8,431 signatures

• Fund research into desexed language in women’s health
  Opened on Wednesday 24th December 2025
  7,409 signatures so far

• Reduce VAT on hospitality to 10%: protect jobs, communities & UK competitiveness
  Opened on Thursday 12th March 2026
  5,673 signatures so far

• Do not allow ESFA to clawback any funding for Adult Education budget
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  5,315 signatures

• Urgently extend the statutory age limit for SEN provision given Covid19
  Open from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  5,303 signatures

• Offer healthcare workers on tier2 visa ILR after 2 years instead of 5 years
  Open from Thursday 21st November 2024 to Wednesday 21st May 2025
  4,475 signatures

• Allow cyclists to access to all public footpaths across the countryside.
  Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
  4,438 signatures

• Negotiate continued access to the Erasmus programme for UK teachers and pupils
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  3,714 signatures

• Ensure schools inform families about all recognised Level 2 options beyond GCSEs
  Opened on Wednesday 1st April 2026
  3,694 signatures so far

• Add CPR, Basic Life Support and Defib Training to National Curriculum for 14+
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  3,565 signatures

• Introduce British Sign Language (BSL) to all primary school children
  Open from Friday 7th November 2025 to Thursday 7th May 2026
  3,218 signatures

• Keep 5-year ILR for Health and Care visa holders to protect the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 4th November 2025 to Monday 4th May 2026
  3,158 signatures

• Allow radio operators to install antennas & masts without planning permission
  Opened on Tuesday 10th February 2026
  3,077 signatures so far

• Government to fund access to portage services by all Local Authorities
  Opened on Monday 12th January 2026
  2,607 signatures so far

• Fund defibrillators and emergency first aid training for all schools
  Open from Wednesday 15th December 2021 to Wednesday 15th June 2022
  2,578 signatures

• Add veterinary medicine to second-degree tuition loan exemptions
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  2,165 signatures so far

• Ban non-medical professionals from giving injections for aesthetic procedures
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  1,938 signatures

• Lower the English language test exemption age for BNO visa holders from 65 to 60
  Open from Wednesday 13th November 2024 to Tuesday 13th May 2025
  1,762 signatures

• Ease immigration rules for construction workers to mitigate impact of Brexit
  Open from Friday 29th October 2021 to Friday 29th April 2022
  1,486 signatures

• Fund more training for police in dog control matters.
  Open from Monday 2nd December 2024 to Monday 2nd June 2025
  1,381 signatures

• Include Dry Slope (artificial slope) Skiing & Snowboarding in GCSE PE
  Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
  1,377 signatures

• Appoint a Manufacturing Industry expert in Government to champion industry needs
  Open from Thursday 13th February 2025 to Wednesday 13th August 2025
  1,357 signatures

• Prevent Functional Skill Qualification (FSQ)/ESOL exams taking place in 2021
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  1,300 signatures

• Fund supported living for all autistic adults
  Opened on Tuesday 9th December 2025
  1,257 signatures so far

• Ensure the Red Arrows fly a British-designed and built aircraft
  Opened on Wednesday 8th April 2026
  1,153 signatures so far

• Fund high-quality, non-partisan political and citizenship teaching resources
  Opened on Wednesday 11th February 2026
  1,109 signatures so far

• Fund preventative mental health sessions in schools and workplaces
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  1,059 signatures

• Make the teaching of criminal offences & their consequences compulsory in school
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  1,056 signatures

• Give all teaching assistants a payrise after their sacrifice during Covid19.
  Open from Thursday 23rd July 2020 to Saturday 23rd January 2021
  868 signatures

• Lift social distancing in schools and nurseries for the sake of mental health
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  762 signatures

• Abolish the Energy Profits Levy & review the tax regime for North Sea energy
  Opened on Wednesday 10th December 2025
  720 signatures so far

• Add professional employment mediation into the employment tribunal ADR process
  Open from Wednesday 13th August 2025 to Friday 13th February 2026
  700 signatures

• A formal qualification needs to be required to legally work on a fire system.
  Open from Friday 3rd February 2023 to Thursday 3rd August 2023
  600 signatures

• Fund more doctor postgraduate training posts in the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
  553 signatures

• Fund free neurodivergence screening for all children
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  494 signatures

• Reinstate IT GCSEs
  Open from Tuesday 25th August 2020 to Thursday 25th February 2021
  493 signatures

• Introduce an optional philosophy GCSE into the current Key Stage 4 curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  478 signatures

• Allow care workers to access 5-year ILR route like other health and care workers
  Opened on Thursday 26th February 2026
  477 signatures so far

• Mandate a minimum 25% women in the Construction industry by 2026
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  466 signatures

• Require daily sports in schools and increase school sports funding
  Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
  453 signatures

• Ban PCCs from party political affiliation and limit to two terms
  Open from Friday 21st May 2021 to Sunday 21st November 2021
  445 signatures

• Implement regular competency assessments of Ministers to inform training plans
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  389 signatures

• Introduce minimum hours of driving lessons before practical driving test
  Open from Tuesday 1st April 2025 to Wednesday 1st October 2025
  362 signatures

• Include Martial arts as an individual sport in the Examinable PE GCSE
  Opened on Friday 1st May 2026
  343 signatures so far

• Ban the release of doves in ceremonies
  Open from Monday 14th February 2022 to Sunday 14th August 2022
  335 signatures

• Temporarily exempt NHS frontline staff from being required to do jury service
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  322 signatures

• Save the National Citizens Service
  Open from Thursday 5th December 2024 to Thursday 5th June 2025
  322 signatures

• Allow all skill level legal immigrants to bring their dependents in the UK
  Open from Thursday 7th August 2025 to Saturday 7th February 2026
  300 signatures

• Increase Funding for Mental Health Services in Schools for Students’ Well-being
  Open from Monday 31st March 2025 to Tuesday 30th September 2025
  285 signatures

• Introduce bursaries & paid placements for all Primary School Teacher Trainees
  Open from Friday 24th July 2020 to Sunday 24th January 2021
  282 signatures

• Deport asylum seekers from safe countries & review current asylum seekers
  Open from Wednesday 22nd October 2025 to Wednesday 22nd April 2026
  278 signatures

• Work with EEA countries to extend the Youth Mobility Visa
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  268 signatures

• Introduce a Climate Change subject to the National School Curriculum
  Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
  264 signatures

• Introduce mandatory sewing & textile lessons into the National Curriculum & EYFS
  Opened on Wednesday 24th December 2025
  246 signatures so far

• Scrap GCSE exams
  Open from Wednesday 13th November 2024 to Tuesday 13th May 2025
  231 signatures

• Require cosmetic surgeons to hold a GMC-approved specialist qualification
  Opened on Monday 30th March 2026
  225 signatures so far

• Ban on requiring an app to access purchased tickets
  Open from Friday 1st August 2025 to Sunday 1st February 2026
  216 signatures

• Add sociology to the curriculum at KS3 and oblige schools to offer it at KS4
  Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
  215 signatures

• Require all pet businesses to have a trained pet first aider
  Open from Thursday 30th September 2021 to Wednesday 30th March 2022
  198 signatures

• Reverse the withdrawal of funding for security and leadership apprenticeships
  Opened on Monday 20th April 2026
  197 signatures so far

• Help international healthcare professionals to join the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  195 signatures

• Legalise Wild Camping In England
  Opened on Tuesday 10th March 2026
  190 signatures so far

• Increase minimum wage for Support Workers
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  184 signatures

• Delay introducing Making Tax Digital until more support for the Self-Employed
  Open from Friday 16th May 2025 to Sunday 16th November 2025
  183 signatures

• CPR training to be mandatory for all employees in the workplace
  Open from Friday 11th July 2025 to Sunday 11th January 2026
  182 signatures

• Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP/ACP) to Sign Sick note/Med3 Certificate
  Open from Thursday 21st April 2022 to Friday 4th November 2022
  177 signatures

• Change the maintanence loan for weekend students to be available
  Opened on Thursday 23rd April 2026
  175 signatures so far

• Mandate all teachers in mainstream schools receive SEN & mental health training
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  169 signatures so far

• Introduce a mandatory driving test for moped/small motorcycle users
  Open from Monday 6th January 2025 to Sunday 6th July 2025
  161 signatures

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

• Fair Chance Hiring: Make Blind Recruitment Law
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  149 signatures

• Increase pay for all NHS workers by 5%
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  147 signatures

• Scrap University Tuition Fees & Introduce Annual Admin Fee of up to £500
  Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
  140 signatures

• Increase required teaching on climate change in the national curriculum
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  129 signatures

• Review UK telecom Critical Network Infrastructure resilience&Domestic Capability
  Opened on Wednesday 8th April 2026
  126 signatures so far

• Require all mainstream teachers do training placements in an SEN school
  Open from Thursday 19th January 2023 to Wednesday 19th July 2023
  126 signatures

• Require companies to employ minimum 70% UK nationals before sponsoring others
  Open from Friday 25th July 2025 to Sunday 25th January 2026
  125 signatures

• VOTES FOR 16 - Lower the voting age to 16
  Open from Friday 20th May 2022 to Sunday 4th December 2022
  117 signatures

• Make comprehensive autism training mandatory for police officers
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  116 signatures so far

• Require essential services to have phone and face to face options
  Opened on Monday 16th March 2026
  113 signatures so far

• Reduce school to 4 days a week and have optional extra activities
  Opened on Thursday 26th February 2026
  110 signatures so far

• Make a new business grant scheme for Neurodivergent Entrepreneurs
  Open from Thursday 17th July 2025 to Saturday 17th January 2026
  109 signatures

• Require people on Universal Credit & fit to work to take a public sector job
  Open from Monday 16th June 2025 to Tuesday 16th December 2025
  108 signatures

• Government to commit to 654,000+ new homes a Year in England for 10 Years
  Opened on Friday 30th January 2026
  99 signatures so far

• Introduce self-defence into the secondary school PE curriculum for all students
  Open from Thursday 27th February 2025 to Wednesday 27th August 2025
  99 signatures

• Make History compulsory at school until 16 to protect the future
  Opened on Friday 20th March 2026
  99 signatures so far

• Stop GCSE exams
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  98 signatures so far

• Require first aid training for all new drivers
  Open from Friday 15th August 2025 to Sunday 15th February 2026
  95 signatures

• Require NHS staff who insert cannulas to have refresher training every 3 years.
  Opened on Monday 1st December 2025
  94 signatures so far

• Adjust childcare ratios for 3-4 year olds from 1:13 to maximum 1:10
  Open from Friday 2nd December 2022 to Friday 2nd June 2023
  89 signatures

• Fund free swimming lessons for all children 3-16
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  89 signatures

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