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.
Scrap Ofcom and split its regulatory functions.
Open from Thursday 25th August 2011 to Saturday 25th August 2012
285 signatures
Removal of TV license
Open from Thursday 2nd August 2012 to Friday 2nd August 2013
270 signatures
Remove smoking from pre-watershed TV programme to protect young people
Open from Monday 9th January 2012 to Wednesday 9th January 2013
256 signatures
Greater gender equity in sports funding and the media
Open from Friday 2nd December 2011 to Saturday 2nd June 2012
256 signatures
Minimum of 1 England cricket Test match to be on free-to-air TV per year
Open from Friday 10th August 2018 to Sunday 10th February 2019
254 signatures
Tax manufacturers and suppliers distributing Single Use Plastics beyond 2020
Open from Wednesday 10th October 2018 to Wednesday 10th April 2019
253 signatures
Extend the Animal Welfare Act to protect all animals including invertebrates
Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
251 signatures
ScrapThe Licence Fee
Open from Wednesday 15th February 2012 to Friday 15th February 2013
241 signatures
Replace the TV licence fee with a subscription service.
Open from Wednesday 29th September 2021 to Tuesday 29th March 2022
235 signatures
Make trigger warnings of traumatic births and infant loss on TV shows mandatory
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
225 signatures
Ban gambling adverts on TV, Radio and social media before 9pm
Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
225 signatures
End the TV licence and sell the BBC
Open from Monday 11th April 2022 to Tuesday 25th October 2022
218 signatures
Require BSL and subtitles for parliamentary, government and political broadcasts
Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
211 signatures
Government to fund Air Ambulances
Open from Wednesday 10th August 2011 to Friday 10th August 2012
201 signatures
Ensure all online video content produced by broadcasters has Subtitles NOW
Open from Friday 22nd June 2012 to Saturday 22nd September 2012
200 signatures
Abolition of the TV licence - make BBC pay for itself
Open from Thursday 1st December 2011 to Saturday 1st December 2012
196 signatures
Require trigger warnings for all broadcasts related to sexual violence
Open from Tuesday 3rd May 2022 to Thursday 17th November 2022
193 signatures
ABOLISH THE TV LICENCE
Open from Monday 24th March 2014 to Tuesday 24th March 2015
187 signatures
Reduce the TV license fee and privatise the BBC
Open from Friday 17th August 2018 to Sunday 17th February 2019
185 signatures
Have advertisements on tv, the dangers of anyone taking risks around HGVs
Open from Friday 24th February 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
181 signatures
BAN UK TV LICENCE NOW
Open from Tuesday 7th January 2014 to Wednesday 7th January 2015
181 signatures
We would like a hard hitting TV and newspaper public information campaign showing the vunerability of cyclists on the road
Open from Wednesday 4th June 2014 to Thursday 4th December 2014
168 signatures
Abolish TV Licencing and Increase National Insurance
Open from Wednesday 4th January 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
165 signatures
Stop the cutbacks at BBC WM in Birmingham
Open from Friday 7th October 2011 to Saturday 7th April 2012
162 signatures
Launch an information/education campaign on BBC radio and TV-'NHS-use it wisely'
Open from Monday 27th July 2015 to Wednesday 27th January 2016
157 signatures
No TV licence fee for Deaf and disabled people
Open from Thursday 4th August 2011 to Saturday 4th February 2012
156 signatures
ban betting advertising and sponsorship on television and UK press.
Open from Tuesday 2nd August 2016 to Thursday 2nd February 2017
150 signatures
Reform Council Tax into a fairer system based on wealth not valuations from 1991
Open from Wednesday 27th March 2019 to Friday 27th September 2019
150 signatures
Make it law that all TV channels and DVDs etc must have the option of subtitles.
Open from Monday 13th March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
150 signatures
More womens sport on tv
Open from Thursday 13th November 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
149 signatures
Regulation of school texts to ensure protection from inappropriate material
Open from Thursday 6th February 2014 to Wednesday 6th August 2014
141 signatures
Reduce fuel spillage on roads to increase safety
Open from Thursday 22nd November 2012 to Friday 22nd November 2013
140 signatures
Child benefit to cease after 2nd child
Open from Tuesday 1st July 2014 to Wednesday 1st October 2014
138 signatures
Ensure publicly available structured data is available in standard computer formats such as CSV, JSON, JSONP, XML
Open from Tuesday 4th November 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
134 signatures
Keep RAF Halton open
Open from Thursday 15th December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
134 signatures
Decriminalise BBC tv licence evasion
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
130 signatures
Make the TV License optional
Open from Monday 7th October 2013 to Tuesday 7th October 2014
127 signatures
Require publishers to display trigger warnings on title pages of books
Open from Thursday 26th May 2022 to Saturday 10th December 2022
125 signatures
Affirmative Action on TV - proportional representation of UK minorites (BEM) across BBC and UK TV stations
Open from Monday 24th March 2014 to Tuesday 24th March 2015
121 signatures
Require broadcasters to provide subtitles & audio description of all programmes
Open from Wednesday 10th August 2022 to Friday 24th February 2023
121 signatures
Require health warnings on advertisements for fast food
Open from Tuesday 22nd November 2022 to Monday 22nd May 2023
120 signatures
Fight Plans to Cut NHS Hearing Aids for those with mild to moderate hearing loss.
Open from Monday 9th June 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
119 signatures
Ban the BBC from accepting money from outside sources.
Open from Friday 11th September 2015 to Friday 11th March 2016
115 signatures
Scrap digital Radio switchover
Open from Wednesday 8th May 2013 to Thursday 8th May 2014
115 signatures
Abolish the requirement for BBC non-viewers to have a TV licence.
Open from Thursday 25th August 2022 to Saturday 11th March 2023
114 signatures
TO ABOLISH TV LICENCE
Open from Wednesday 22nd January 2014 to Thursday 22nd January 2015
113 signatures
Change The Rules To Pay Day Loans - Legal Shark Loans!
Open from Thursday 25th October 2012 to Friday 25th October 2013
112 signatures
Introduce new broadcasting requirements for weight loss programming
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
112 signatures
Political neutrality rules should apply to both TV & newspapers during elections
Open from Wednesday 29th June 2016 to Thursday 29th December 2016
110 signatures
Scottish television for Borders and Dumfries and Galloway
Open from Friday 16th September 2011 to Friday 16th March 2012
110 signatures
Abolish tv licence as no one is contracted to have one
Open from Tuesday 25th February 2014 to Wednesday 25th February 2015
109 signatures
The BBC should not be forced to pay to be broadcast on Sky TV
Open from Monday 9th January 2012 to Wednesday 9th January 2013
108 signatures
Ban all advertisement of gambling
Open from Thursday 18th November 2021 to Wednesday 18th May 2022
108 signatures
Extend sugar tax to high sugar foods and restrict advertising
Open from Thursday 4th August 2022 to Saturday 18th February 2023
108 signatures
Make the BBC a subscription-only channel and abolish the TV licence.
Open from Friday 4th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
106 signatures
No to Value Added Tax on Health supplements
Open from Thursday 4th October 2012 to Friday 4th January 2013
105 signatures
Referendum on whether to scrap the TV license
Open from Thursday 12th April 2018 to Friday 12th October 2018
105 signatures
Ban online gambling TV advertising and sponsorship
Open from Tuesday 13th November 2012 to Wednesday 13th November 2013
105 signatures
Foreign language channel on Freeview. Government to get the BBC to liaise with other EU state broadcasters to share the best TV programmes.
Open from Monday 21st November 2011 to Wednesday 21st November 2012
103 signatures
Start a Government funded Keep Britain Tidy Campaign on TV and in the Newspapers
Open from Thursday 10th December 2015 to Friday 10th June 2016
103 signatures
Stop the slaughter of elephants in Africa, and stop the Ivory trade.
Open from Monday 17th September 2012 to Tuesday 17th September 2013
101 signatures
Make pet owners responsibility for their pet’s microchip details when rehoming
Open from Thursday 21st December 2017 to Thursday 21st June 2018
99 signatures
Ban the retail of ornamental knives in the UK
Open from Friday 30th January 2015 to Monday 30th March 2015
99 signatures
Abolish TV License Fee during the Corona Virus emergency.
Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
97 signatures
Force the BBC to scrap the licence fee in favour of funding from advertisements.
Open from Friday 4th March 2016 to Sunday 4th September 2016
96 signatures
*ORGAN DONATION* Constant Coverage - TV & Schools
Open from Thursday 19th September 2013 to Friday 19th September 2014
96 signatures
Remove TV License requirements to stream “Live” TV from third party providers
Open from Thursday 26th September 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
96 signatures
End TV Licensing
Open from Wednesday 27th November 2013 to Thursday 27th November 2014
96 signatures
Supermarkets to be legally obliged to sell high sugar cereals separately.
Open from Friday 27th April 2018 to Saturday 27th October 2018
96 signatures
Deaf TV Licensing
Open from Friday 23rd March 2012 to Saturday 23rd March 2013
95 signatures
To have adverts on TV warning of the dangers of swimming in open water!
Open from Wednesday 17th December 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
95 signatures
BBC funding should be maintained rather than cut.
Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2015 to Friday 22nd January 2016
95 signatures
BRING BACK BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
Open from Monday 6th October 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
92 signatures
Forced labour for prisoners
Open from Friday 5th August 2011 to Sunday 5th August 2012
87 signatures
Parliament to debate whether cows must be able to graze outside freely.
Open from Monday 25th April 2016 to Tuesday 25th October 2016
86 signatures
Ban TV adverts of gambling sites and betting firms sponsoring football shirts.
Open from Friday 29th June 2018 to Saturday 29th December 2018
86 signatures
Scrap or Amend the TV Licence to be a subscription service and decriminalise it
Open from Thursday 8th September 2016 to Wednesday 8th March 2017
85 signatures
Use funding used for TV's in prison cells for TV's for the elderly in hospital
Open from Tuesday 30th August 2016 to Tuesday 28th February 2017
84 signatures
tv licences
Open from Tuesday 24th April 2012 to Wednesday 24th April 2013
82 signatures
TV programmes directed at children should carry a government health warning
Open from Wednesday 17th August 2011 to Friday 17th August 2012
82 signatures
Service charges & tips should be given to staff automatically by law
Open from Monday 19th December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
80 signatures
Spread awareness about Mental Health. It's a bigger killer than cancer.
Open from Wednesday 8th June 2016 to Thursday 8th December 2016
79 signatures
Demand for access to dvds for Deaf/hearing impaired
Open from Wednesday 8th October 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
78 signatures
Ban advertising by gambling companies in particular on-line gambling.
Open from Monday 24th August 2015 to Wednesday 24th February 2016
78 signatures
Decrease the price of TV licence go down rather than increase it
Open from Monday 13th March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
78 signatures
Take away prisoners rights
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
78 signatures
Intervene in Murdoch's bid to own to take full control of Pay-TV group Sky.
Open from Thursday 22nd December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
78 signatures
Make TV debates a statutory obligation during UK general election campaigns.
Open from Tuesday 25th April 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
74 signatures
No to increasing tv license fees
Open from Friday 15th February 2019 to Thursday 15th August 2019
72 signatures
Free freeview Television for Children in hospital
Open from Thursday 3rd December 2015 to Friday 3rd June 2016
71 signatures
Ban gambling adverts. Regulate online (smart-phone) gambling.
Open from Tuesday 14th March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
70 signatures
Introduce heavy fixed penalties starting at £1000 minimum for littering
Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
70 signatures
Delay the TV License fees for the elderly for at least 12 months
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
70 signatures
Stop bedroom tax!
Open from Monday 8th February 2016 to Monday 8th August 2016
68 signatures
Extortionate TV charges for hospital patients to be stopped. Free TV in hospital
Open from Thursday 9th November 2017 to Wednesday 9th May 2018
68 signatures
Ban all advertising for Gambling on TV and Social Media
Open from Monday 27th June 2022 to Tuesday 10th January 2023
67 signatures
t.v licence fee
Open from Friday 9th September 2011 to Friday 9th March 2012
66 signatures
Abolish the TV licence due to obvious biased coverage of the Scottish referendum.
Open from Tuesday 23rd September 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
66 signatures
Assault: STOP before you STRIKE! A campaign aimed at potential offenders to raise awareness of the consequences of violent crime.
Open from Monday 26th March 2012 to Tuesday 26th March 2013
65 signatures
End the compulsory licence fee for those who do not use BBC services.
Open from Wednesday 18th May 2016 to Friday 18th November 2016
64 signatures
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