Petitions tagged with "The British"

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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 the tax system
  Open from Friday 14th March 2025 to Sunday 14th September 2025
  291 signatures

• No to any National Insurance increase to ‘fund’ social care
  Open from Monday 13th September 2021 to Sunday 13th March 2022
  286 signatures

• Please give the NHS Covid Heroes a bigger pay rise.
  Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
  274 signatures

• Give foreign nationals who served in the Armed Forces rights to remain in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  272 signatures

• Abolish the monarchy after the current monarch's reign ends
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  253 signatures

• Give public option to opt out of taxes supporting British military operations
  Open from Monday 17th February 2025 to Sunday 17th August 2025
  253 signatures

• Allow Russian citizens to apply for UK work visas outside a country of residence
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  248 signatures

• Require schools to teach British Sign Language from Key Stage 2 & at GCSE
  Opened on Wednesday 4th February 2026
  248 signatures so far

• Seek to replace Russia with Ukraine in the Security Council.
  Open from Wednesday 13th April 2022 to Thursday 27th October 2022
  240 signatures

• Make it illegal to sell nitrous oxide to anyone under the age of 21
  

• Diabetes should not prevent someone serving in the British armed forces
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  237 signatures

• Amend the British Museum Act 1963
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  236 signatures

• Hold a referendum on whether to reinstate the death penalty
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  217 signatures

• Make Black history part of the curriculum in all schools
  Open from Friday 8th November 2024 to Thursday 8th May 2025
  215 signatures

• Require galleries segregate artists' sale proceeds, protect them from insolvency
  Open from Wednesday 2nd July 2025 to Friday 2nd January 2026
  205 signatures

• Limit share of the media that can be held by individuals or companies
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  199 signatures

• Halt the EU Reset Agreement
  Open from Thursday 26th June 2025 to Friday 26th December 2025
  187 signatures

• Legalise bowhunting in the United Kingdom.
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  184 signatures

• Ban the use of super trawlers in UK waters
  Open from Thursday 8th April 2021 to Friday 8th October 2021
  183 signatures

• Create a fast-track visa for British-employed Ukrainians and their families
  Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
  181 signatures

• Abolish University Tuition Fees For All Students
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  180 signatures

• Exempt Afghans who worked with UK forces from citizenship fees
  Open from Thursday 2nd September 2021 to Wednesday 2nd March 2022
  177 signatures

• Include the Royal Family, Household & Duchies in the Freedom of Information Act
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  174 signatures so far

• Inquiry into sale of all previously publicly-owned British infrastructure
  Open from Monday 15th August 2022 to Wednesday 1st March 2023
  174 signatures

• Deposit scheme on glass, plastic, steel, aluminium bottles and cans.
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  172 signatures

• Release unredacted medical records to Nuclear Test Veterans.
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  163 signatures so far

• Urge the UN and India to carry out a plebiscite on the future of Kashmir
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  161 signatures

• Create UK Bank Holidays on 25th and 28th June 2021 in lieu of Christmas 2020
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  155 signatures

• Reverse the decision to abolish the Hereditary Peers
  Opened on Wednesday 15th April 2026
  155 signatures so far

• Make it illegal for the media to shame victims of romance fraud
  Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
  151 signatures

• Require political adverts to be truthful & factually accurate
  Open from Friday 6th June 2025 to Saturday 6th December 2025
  150 signatures

• Establish a capacity limit for trains.
  Open from Monday 18th November 2024 to Sunday 18th May 2025
  150 signatures

• Hold a referendum on the UK meeting net zero much earlier than 2050.
  Open from Friday 11th March 2022 to Sunday 25th September 2022
  147 signatures

• Prohibit short-selling on companies developing life-saving treatment
  Open from Friday 14th February 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025
  138 signatures

• Review how the legal system and police treat abuse cases
  Open from Wednesday 12th March 2025 to Friday 12th September 2025
  129 signatures

• Make knighthoods subject to public votes
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  125 signatures

• Reject Lords amendment on age checks to the Children’ Wellbeing & Schools Bill
  Opened on Friday 20th February 2026
  125 signatures so far

• Replace the House of Lords with a wholly elected body.
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  119 signatures

• Remove the link between electricity prices and the price of gas.
  Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
  119 signatures

• Revoke regulations that restrict promotion of high sugar/fat food and drink
  Open from Friday 31st October 2025 to Thursday 30th April 2026
  118 signatures

• Seek to negotiate peace in Ukraine without sanctions or military action
  Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
  117 signatures

• National elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly
  Open from Monday 1st September 2025 to Sunday 1st March 2026
  115 signatures

• Commit to no military involvement in attacks on Iran
  Open from Wednesday 9th July 2025 to Friday 9th January 2026
  115 signatures

• Detain all illegal migrants in military barracks until they are assessed
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  113 signatures so far

• Make the day after Remembrance Sunday a Public Holiday
  Open from Friday 19th November 2021 to Thursday 19th May 2022
  110 signatures

• Hold regional referendums on local government and devolution changes
  Open from Tuesday 15th April 2025 to Wednesday 15th October 2025
  107 signatures

• Make British politics compulsory in the secondary school curriculum
  Opened on Monday 23rd February 2026
  107 signatures so far

• End funding for military interventions overseas and spend taxes in the UK.
  Open from Tuesday 15th July 2025 to Thursday 15th January 2026
  107 signatures

• UK should recognise Somaliland as an independent country
  Open from Wednesday 16th March 2022 to Friday 30th September 2022
  106 signatures

• Seek to start peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
  Open from Tuesday 4th October 2022 to Tuesday 4th April 2023
  105 signatures

• Require all military sexual assault claims be handled by civilian authorities
  Open from Monday 14th April 2025 to Tuesday 14th October 2025
  104 signatures

• End funding for military interventions overseas and spend taxes in the UK
  Open from Friday 20th December 2024 to Friday 20th June 2025
  104 signatures

• Amend the British Museum Act to allow the acceptance of repatriation requests
  Open from Wednesday 20th July 2022 to Friday 3rd February 2023
  101 signatures

• Make the Nolan Principles legally enforceable for all politicians and candidates
  Opened on Tuesday 21st April 2026
  100 signatures so far

• Increase the defence budget and our standing army strength to 100,000
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  98 signatures

• Remove the use of the word British from the British Broadcasting Cooperation
  Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
  95 signatures

• Allow metal detectorists to search land prior to building development
  Open from Monday 24th February 2025 to Sunday 24th August 2025
  92 signatures

• National bank holiday for Slavery Abolition
  Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
  91 signatures

• Close salary linked public sector pension schemes to new members
  Open from Thursday 20th March 2025 to Saturday 20th September 2025
  91 signatures

• Abandon the Chagos deal
  Opened on Friday 17th April 2026
  90 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

• Launch a National Inquiry into the MoD’s Afghan Data Breach and Its Consequences
  Open from Friday 8th August 2025 to Sunday 8th February 2026
  89 signatures

• Increase the state pension by £5,000 a year
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  89 signatures

• Hold a referendum on UK membership of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
  Open from Tuesday 16th March 2021 to Thursday 16th September 2021
  86 signatures

• Immediately provide Covid-19 vaccines to Nepal
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  85 signatures

• Require any MP found guilty of lying to be removed from office
  Open from Monday 9th January 2023 to Sunday 9th July 2023
  84 signatures

• Change the Order of the British Empire to the Order of the British Commonwealth
  Open from Wednesday 28th September 2022 to Tuesday 28th March 2023
  84 signatures

• Make 26th & 27th July 2021 a one off Double Bank Holiday - Christmas in July!
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  81 signatures

• End funding for military interventions overseas and spend taxes in the UK.
  Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
  79 signatures so far

• Give people the option to opt out of income tax
  Open from Tuesday 26th August 2025 to Thursday 26th February 2026
  79 signatures

• Hold a referendum on any proposal to transfer UK overseas territory
  Open from Tuesday 25th March 2025 to Thursday 25th September 2025
  79 signatures

• Enable UK expats to have votes for life
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  78 signatures

• Require a referendum and 2 years' notice for any major constitutional changes
  Opened on Thursday 29th January 2026
  78 signatures so far

• Stop the proposed NI increase and use the foreign aid budget to fund social care
  Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
  78 signatures

• Raise concerns about the treatment of British Kurds with the Turkish Government
  Open from Friday 17th June 2022 to Saturday 31st December 2022
  75 signatures

• Hold a referendum regarding UK withdrawal from the 1951 Refugee Convention
  Opened on Wednesday 1st April 2026
  74 signatures so far

• UK Government should recognise The Bahamas Government Covid vaccination program.
  Open from Wednesday 29th September 2021 to Tuesday 29th March 2022
  74 signatures

• Public Vote Required on Overseas Aid Spending
  Opened on Wednesday 1st April 2026
  73 signatures so far

• Make the teaching of Black history compulsory in primary and secondary schools.
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  73 signatures

• Revert legislation governing firearms to the Firearms Act 1937
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  72 signatures

• Create fast-track Asylum process for Afghan refugees
  Open from Thursday 16th September 2021 to Wednesday 16th March 2022
  72 signatures

• Form an English Parliament
  Open from Tuesday 30th September 2025 to Monday 30th March 2026
  72 signatures

• Ensure a Sign Language Interpreter is present at televised Government briefings
  Open from Wednesday 30th September 2020 to Tuesday 30th March 2021
  71 signatures

• Reopen the British embassy in Syria.
  Open from Friday 21st February 2025 to Thursday 21st August 2025
  71 signatures

• Reinstate national service (military or medical) for all aged 18-40
  Open from Thursday 3rd March 2022 to Saturday 3rd September 2022
  70 signatures

• Do not increase VAT
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  68 signatures

• Create a Sikh regiment in the British Army
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  67 signatures

• Do not criminalise entering Afghanistan
  Open from Friday 27th August 2021 to Sunday 27th February 2022
  66 signatures

• Ban smoking and vaping in all public spaces
  Open from Friday 28th October 2022 to Friday 28th April 2023
  66 signatures

• Teach the full history of South Asian people who fought for Britain
  Open from Thursday 24th July 2025 to Saturday 24th January 2026
  65 signatures

• Require schools teach about contributions of South Asian and Black people in WW1
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  64 signatures

• Have a UK national vote on the use of vaccine passports
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  62 signatures

• Urge China to ban the Yulin dog meat festival
  Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
  61 signatures

• Reopen viable coal mines & north sea gas & oil fields
  Opened on Tuesday 21st April 2026
  60 signatures so far

• Make referendum mandatory before enacting British territory changes
  Opened on Thursday 9th April 2026
  59 signatures so far

• Hold a referendum on democratic elections for members of the House of Lords
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  58 signatures

• Allow Gluten-Free applicants to join the British Army
  Open from Tuesday 18th March 2025 to Thursday 18th September 2025
  58 signatures

• Public inquiry into sentencing for child sexual offences
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  55 signatures

• Amend the British Museum Act to allow artefact repatriation
  Opened on Wednesday 17th December 2025
  54 signatures so far

• Stop arms sales to Indonesia until West Papua has a free Self Determination vote
  Open from Monday 19th October 2020 to Monday 19th April 2021
  54 signatures

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