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Provide funding to dig out and clean all rivers

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closedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsOpened 27 January 2026Closed 27 July 2026

Background

Provide funding for relevant bodies to dig out and clean all our rivers to make them deeper and cleaner allowing water to flow and rivers to to have greater capacity which may in turn reduce flooding of farmland and housing areas

Additional details

This should be government funded and should be done asap

Where it’s popular

Constituencies with the most signatures on this petition.

Isle of Wight EastJoe Robertson
3
North DorsetSimon Hoare
2
Leicester WestLiz Kendall
2
Arundel and South DownsAndrew Griffith
2
TorbaySteve Darling
2
Dumfries and GallowayJohn Cooper
2
Bournemouth WestJessica Toale
1
Blackpool North and FleetwoodLorraine Beavers
1
Beckenham and PengeLiam Conlon
1
BridgwaterSir Ashley Fox
1
Bristol EastKerry McCarthy
1
Bristol North WestDarren Jones
1
Bristol SouthKarin Smyth
1
Buckingham and BletchleyCallum Anderson
1
Brentwood and OngarAlex Burghart
1
Bishop AucklandDr Sam Rushworth
1
ChorleySir Lindsay Hoyle
1
ChippenhamSarah Gibson
1
Coventry SouthZarah Sultana
1
Brentford and IsleworthRuth Cadbury
1

Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 754061.