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.
Introduce Apprenticeship's for 30-40 year olds
Open from Thursday 21st July 2016 to Saturday 21st January 2017
45 signatures
Introduce mandatory military conscription for people over 18
Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
43 signatures so far
Boost the UK economy & reduce unemployment by reducing corporation tax
Open from Wednesday 8th January 2025 to Tuesday 8th July 2025
42 signatures
End This Mindless Cycle of Rioting - End All Benefit Payments
Open from Friday 12th August 2011 to Saturday 12th November 2011
42 signatures
Make It Mandatory for Employers to Educate Employees on "Employment Rights"
Open from Friday 9th March 2018 to Sunday 9th September 2018
41 signatures
Cut Child Benefit NOW to Stop UK Population Increase
Open from Tuesday 1st November 2011 to Thursday 1st November 2012
41 signatures
Double the free child care hours for working parents or single working parent.
Open from Tuesday 29th November 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
41 signatures
Withdrawal of over 60 concession fares for Coach operators
Open from Tuesday 13th September 2011 to Tuesday 13th December 2011
40 signatures
Referendum: EFTA/EEA or EU/EEA?
Open from Wednesday 31st August 2011 to Wednesday 30th November 2011
38 signatures
Curbing benefits for EU & Non EU nationals
Open from Monday 21st January 2013 to Sunday 21st July 2013
37 signatures
Petition to create one equal minimum wage for all workers, regardless of Age
Open from Friday 3rd August 2012 to Saturday 3rd August 2013
37 signatures
TO STUDY THE GERMAN ECONOMIC MODEL FOR DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT
Open from Tuesday 10th January 2012 to Tuesday 10th July 2012
36 signatures
Voluntary early retirement at 60 with reduced state pension
Open from Monday 12th October 2020 to Monday 12th April 2021
35 signatures
STOP Rochdale CEO Jim Taylor's Whopping Pay Increase.
Open from Thursday 17th October 2013 to Thursday 17th April 2014
35 signatures
Increase Britain's military expenditure, improve navy and withdraw foreign aid.
Open from Wednesday 16th July 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
35 signatures
Reverse increases in university tuition fees
Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
35 signatures so far
Reduce corporation tax to 15% when the UK leaves the EU to attract investment
Open from Monday 10th December 2018 to Monday 10th June 2019
35 signatures
No benefits for immigrants for at least 2 years
Open from Monday 15th August 2011 to Wednesday 15th August 2012
34 signatures
Joining the army with a severe nut allergy
Open from Monday 15th July 2013 to Tuesday 15th July 2014
34 signatures
PM table economic review & articulate parameters Brexit not in National Interest
Open from Tuesday 26th July 2016 to Thursday 26th January 2017
34 signatures
Remove requirements for couples to make joint claims for unemployment benefits
Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
34 signatures
North East Assembly
Open from Wednesday 1st October 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
34 signatures
Extend Kickstart Scheme past March 2022 for those with most employment barriers
Open from Wednesday 13th October 2021 to Wednesday 13th April 2022
34 signatures
Require companies to hire 1 graduate per 10 employees & provide training
Open from Thursday 21st August 2025 to Saturday 21st February 2026
33 signatures
Voluntary Work compulsory in schools
Open from Friday 10th January 2014 to Saturday 10th January 2015
32 signatures
Scrap zero hour employment contracts and give employees job security
Open from Tuesday 8th October 2013 to Wednesday 8th October 2014
30 signatures
Stop insurance discrimination affecting those with pre existing medical issues
Open from Friday 16th November 2018 to Thursday 16th May 2019
29 signatures
Make Britain Great - Tax Relief Proposal UK Manufacturing Enterprise
Open from Wednesday 19th October 2011 to Friday 19th October 2012
27 signatures
Stop deportation of Zimbabweans
Open from Tuesday 26th February 2019 to Monday 26th August 2019
27 signatures
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD INTRODUCE HIGH RATE FIXED TERM SAVINGS ACCOUNTS FOR PEOPLE OVER 60
Open from Monday 4th March 2013 to Tuesday 4th March 2014
26 signatures
End all immigration
Open from Monday 15th August 2011 to Wednesday 15th August 2012
26 signatures
Cut Spending On Foreign Aid And Use Money To Help Uk Homeless Families / People
Open from Tuesday 14th May 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
26 signatures
Scrap Council Tax And Replace With Earnings Related TAX
Open from Thursday 2nd February 2012 to Thursday 2nd August 2012
25 signatures
reciprocal benefits for migrant and immigrants
Open from Monday 11th November 2013 to Tuesday 11th November 2014
25 signatures
Legally require employers to publish staff disability numbers
Opened on Monday 16th February 2026
25 signatures so far
People who are on unemployment benefits should do Community Service and help the Community
Open from Friday 22nd November 2013 to Saturday 22nd November 2014
25 signatures
Make unpaid work (including unpaid overtime) illegal.
Open from Friday 16th December 2011 to Sunday 16th December 2012
25 signatures
Stop benefits increasing by CPI in April 2012
Open from Thursday 1st December 2011 to Thursday 1st March 2012
24 signatures
Introduce a one-day-a-week community programme for people seeking work
Opened on Wednesday 6th May 2026
24 signatures so far
End EU Trade Talks if negotiations fail to progress by June and plan exit on WTO
Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
24 signatures
Force all MPs who support workfare to work unpaid.
Open from Friday 24th February 2012 to Thursday 24th May 2012
24 signatures
Those in receipt of unemployment or housing benifits should not be alloud to travel abroad on holiday
Open from Friday 12th August 2011 to Sunday 12th August 2012
22 signatures
Fund vouchers for high streets, hospitality & the arts to every adult & child
Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
22 signatures
Make employers test for cannabis using the saliva test rather than urine.
Open from Thursday 29th September 2016 to Wednesday 29th March 2017
22 signatures
ATOS medicals creating unemployment!
Open from Wednesday 3rd July 2013 to Thursday 3rd July 2014
21 signatures
Review financial support for parents if child maintenance payments can't be made
Opened on Monday 23rd March 2026
21 signatures so far
Oppose Wigan Council Application No. A/16/82503/CU
Open from Tuesday 28th June 2016 to Wednesday 28th December 2016
20 signatures
Make bullying at work illegal
Open from Friday 28th December 2012 to Saturday 28th December 2013
20 signatures
Help UK economy out of recession and reduce unemployment costs at the same aiding Third World countries
Open from Friday 9th September 2011 to Sunday 9th September 2012
20 signatures
Ban alcohol consumption in the UK
Open from Wednesday 26th August 2015 to Friday 26th February 2016
20 signatures
make fathers on benefits pay more than £5 a week child maintenance
Open from Friday 12th October 2012 to Saturday 12th October 2013
20 signatures
The truth about unemployment
Open from Friday 16th May 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
20 signatures
Stop generalising the unemployed as scroungers and workshy
Open from Tuesday 16th August 2011 to Thursday 16th August 2012
19 signatures
put all benefits into one department..housing, unemployment, disability, income support to save time and money
Open from Friday 12th August 2011 to Sunday 12th August 2012
18 signatures
50 year old unemployment
Open from Tuesday 18th October 2011 to Thursday 18th October 2012
18 signatures
Increase employment rights and protections for carers
Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
18 signatures
Create power plants that use giant hamster wheels
Open from Friday 16th March 2012 to Saturday 16th March 2013
18 signatures
Increase unemployment benefits to match furlough scheme backdated to March 2020
Open from Wednesday 16th June 2021 to Thursday 16th December 2021
18 signatures
Introduce a One-Off Postgraduate Study Grant
Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
18 signatures
Exert pressure on Iraq to stop use of deadly force against peaceful protests.
Open from Monday 14th October 2019 to Wednesday 6th November 2019
17 signatures
Managing Unemployment benefits correctly
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
17 signatures
Unemployment Benefits
Open from Tuesday 2nd April 2013 to Wednesday 2nd April 2014
17 signatures
Nasty On Line Job Search Requirement for Benefit Eligability
Open from Thursday 11th April 2013 to Friday 11th October 2013
17 signatures
Work to establish a global Severance Guarantee Fund for clothing supply chains
Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
17 signatures
Certificate of Secondary Education
Open from Monday 22nd August 2011 to Wednesday 22nd August 2012
16 signatures
Give employees rights and support to buy employers as co-ops when facing closure
Open from Monday 17th October 2022 to Monday 17th April 2023
16 signatures
Benefit Card
Open from Monday 18th March 2013 to Tuesday 18th March 2014
16 signatures
Exempt NHS staff from paying income tax
Open from Monday 2nd November 2020 to Sunday 2nd May 2021
16 signatures
Make support to get back into work available to all parents
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
16 signatures
The UK should follow Sweden, cut VAT for fixing goods rather than throwing away.
Open from Friday 16th December 2016 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
15 signatures
Youth Employment and Training
Open from Wednesday 15th August 2012 to Thursday 15th August 2013
15 signatures
Tighter Control on recruitment agents
Open from Monday 8th August 2011 to Wednesday 8th August 2012
15 signatures
Travelcard discounts for young persons aged up to 25 should be raised to 30
Open from Wednesday 20th August 2014 to Monday 30th March 2015
15 signatures
Create a national domestic abuse register and new requirements for offenders
Carer's Allowance breaches UN Human Rights
Open from Friday 28th December 2012 to Saturday 28th December 2013
14 signatures
Build a bridge to the Isle of Wight to save our economy
Open from Monday 11th March 2013 to Wednesday 11th September 2013
14 signatures
Unemploymeny figure misleading
Open from Thursday 8th August 2013 to Saturday 8th February 2014
14 signatures
limit the number of eastern european workers taking our jobs
Open from Monday 9th January 2012 to Wednesday 9th January 2013
14 signatures
Anyone in receipt of unemployment benefit and deemed fit for work should be responsible for the removal of litter in their neighbourhood
Open from Monday 22nd April 2013 to Tuesday 22nd April 2014
14 signatures
Stop using Unemployment as a Continuation of Punishment - Reform of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Open from Thursday 9th May 2013 to Friday 9th May 2014
14 signatures
Reduce retirement age by giving the dole money that youngsters would have had in benefits into the pension fund
Open from Monday 16th April 2012 to Tuesday 16th April 2013
14 signatures
rural business rates
Open from Monday 15th August 2011 to Wednesday 15th February 2012
14 signatures
Put a cap on the numbers of E U migrant workers
Open from Wednesday 17th August 2011 to Friday 17th August 2012
13 signatures
Extend resident labour market test and increase salary thresholds for work visas
Open from Tuesday 27th October 2020 to Tuesday 27th April 2021
13 signatures
Ensure Tax credit entitlements are protected for hard working 18-22 years olds.
Open from Wednesday 12th August 2015 to Friday 12th February 2016
13 signatures
Make homelessness a key economic indicator
Open from Monday 10th March 2014 to Tuesday 10th March 2015
13 signatures
If people in the UK have never worked, don't give them benefits
Open from Tuesday 29th January 2013 to Wednesday 29th January 2014
13 signatures
Increase university maintenance loans for families with multiple siblings
Opened on Friday 27th March 2026
13 signatures so far
Reduce the business rates increase down to a maximum of 10% pa
Open from Monday 27th March 2017 to Tuesday 2nd May 2017
12 signatures
every who clams any type of unemployment benefit or welfare allowance must pass a monthly drugs test to continue to qualify for the benefit.
Open from Monday 23rd September 2013 to Tuesday 23rd September 2014
12 signatures
Widen A1 - Angel of the north to Gosforth turnoff
Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2011 to Friday 23rd November 2012
12 signatures
Vote that the house has no confidence in the Prime Minister.
Open from Friday 13th May 2016 to Sunday 13th November 2016
11 signatures
Redistribute 8 Billion saving from EU to areas with the highest unemployment.
Open from Friday 22nd July 2016 to Sunday 22nd January 2017
11 signatures
Benefits for uk self employed
Open from Monday 15th August 2011 to Wednesday 15th August 2012
11 signatures
Limit house rentals of private landlords
Open from Tuesday 29th November 2011 to Thursday 29th November 2012
11 signatures
Stop subsidisation of Scottish renewable electricity by UK taxpayers if Scotland goes independent
Open from Wednesday 25th July 2012 to Thursday 25th July 2013
11 signatures
Review replacing JSA & ESA with Unemployment Insurance for overseas citizens
Open from Thursday 1st May 2025 to Saturday 1st November 2025
11 signatures
Public funding for Tottenham Hotspur's prospective new stadium
Open from Wednesday 17th August 2011 to Friday 17th August 2012
10 signatures
Scrap the National Minimum Wage to Help Job Creation
Open from Thursday 12th January 2012 to Saturday 12th January 2013
10 signatures
Unemployment Benefit cash payment reductions over time and replaced with food vouchers for long term unemployed
Open from Thursday 15th December 2011 to Saturday 15th December 2012
10 signatures
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