UK Parliament Petitions

Public petitions to the UK Government and Parliament — signature counts, government responses and debate outcomes.

17,310 petitions

Stop mileage tax on electric & plug-in hybrid cars & reduce public charging VAT

To remove the planned mileage tax on electric and plugin-hybrid cars, and to equalise VAT on public charging to 5% to support adoption.

closedOpened 8 Jan 2026
5.3k

signatures

Ban technology that enables pharmacies to auto renominate EPS patients in bulk

We want the government to explicitly ban NHS system suppliers, by law, from providing any technology that may enable pharmacies to switch patient EPS nominations without informed and current consent, or in bulk using automation, and make it

closedOpened 19 Dec 2025
5.3k

signatures

Reduce national speed limits on single carriageways

Reduce the national speed limit on single carriageways usually found in rural areas from 60mph to 30mph.

closedOpened 5 Jan 2026
5.3k

signatures

Scrap the planned 2029–2039 Asylum Support and Accommodation programme

Cancel the Home Office Asylum Support and Accommodation Programme procurement (2029-2039). Shift focus from long-term housing to rapid enforcement. We want to protect taxpayers from multi-billion corporate contracts, ease pressure on local

openOpened 14 Sept 2026
5.2k

signatures

Grant Rivers and Rias in England Legal Personhood

Recognise Rivers & Rias (Drowned River Valleys) in England as living entities with rights to 'their' own voice by creating a system to appoint Lead Legal Guardians & Guardian Groups for each River & Ria in England to enforce 'their' rights.

closedOpened 22 Jul 2025
5.2k

signatures

Do not reduce the Right to Buy discount

Stop the reduction of the Right to Buy discount. The Government have said the maximum discount will be reduced to £16,000–£38,000 depending on the tenant's location. We think this is unfair because some people's only way only to get on the

closedOpened 8 Nov 2024
5.2k

signatures

Mandate monthly welfare updates and photos for owners of all seized dogs

I am campaigning to mandate monthly welfare reports and photos for seized dogs I think this is essential to ensure accountability, uphold humane standards of care, and enable timely intervention to prevent suffering.

openOpened 6 Aug 2026
5.2k

signatures

Issue new guidance on teachers’ early retirement rights

The state pension age will change to 67 in 2028 and therefore minimum early retirement age will change to 57. Teachers with final salary pensions who started teaching before the pension changed to career average have a given early retiremen

closedOpened 26 Jun 2025
5.2k

signatures

Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters

'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care home residents and those with severely weak

closedOpened 27 Aug 2025
5.2k

signatures

Repeal the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office Act 1996

Pass legislation to close the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office in light of the lack of autonomy Hong Kong now has from Beijing, by introducing legislation to repeal the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office Act 1996 through, for example, a Hong Ko

closedOpened 27 Apr 2026
5.2k

signatures

Distinguish pets from other types of property in civil and family proceedings

We want legislation to: 1. Make a pet's welfare the paramount consideration when Courts resolve disputes over their ownership and possession. 2. Recognise a pet's true value as being the value to its owner, not just its open market pric

closedOpened 27 Mar 2025
5.1k

signatures

Introduce Full Statutory Regulation of the Funeral Industry by Spring 2027

Legislation needs to be introduced urgently to ensure the prevention of any Funeral Director malpractice including the hoarding of the deceased, degrading storage of the deceased including ashes and preventing the lawful burial of the decea

openOpened 14 May 2026
5.1k

signatures

Make it Law for Water Companies to Object When Sewage Systems Are Over Capacity

We urge the Government to legally require water companies to object to planning developments once the sewage system is over-capacity. This could stop new developments proceeding without confirmed infrastructure upgrades.

closedOpened 10 Jul 2025
5.1k

signatures

Amend Equality Act to define the terms woman and man not based on biological sex

We believe trans women are women and therefore deserve the same rights as cis-gendered women, and that trans men are men and therefore deserve the same rights as cis-gendered men. We think the rights of human beings are being stripped away

closedOpened 12 May 2025
5.1k

signatures

Create a fast-track system for benefit claims for cancer patients

We believe the benefits application system for cancer patients is not fit for purpose. We think it is over-complicated, upsetting, and adds high levels of stress. We would like the Government to create a fast-track system for all of those c

closedOpened 20 Dec 2024
5.1k

signatures

Adjust the £10 DWP Christmas Bonus introduced in 1972 to reflect inflation

Adjust the Christmas Bonus given to benefit claimants, from £10 - when it was introduced in 1972 - to reflect inflation (approx £180 in 2025). Make the uplift only available for British citizens, who have been claiming benefits for a minimu

closedOpened 20 Nov 2025
5.1k

signatures

Ban access to legal aid funds for illegal migrant appeals

This petition calls on the Government to prohibit access to legal aid funding for asylum appeals following a rejected claim, which would help ensure that individuals whose claims have been fully assessed and refused are removed from the UK

openOpened 14 May 2026
5.1k

signatures

Mandate anti-racism training for all staff in nurseries & primary schools

Mandate all nursery and primary school staff in England to complete accredited anti-racism training, including how to recognise, address, and prevent racism in early years and primary school settings.

openOpened 15 Jul 2026
5.1k

signatures

Government to advise monarch to refuse/cancel state visits with hostile powers

The Government should advise the Monarch against facilitating a ceremonial head of state visit where a foreign state is engaged in hostile activity - whether economic, diplomatic, military or otherwise - that is directly contrary to UK inte

closedOpened 20 Feb 2026
5.0k

signatures

Recognise Palestine as a State and seek immediate ceasefire in Gaza

We believe it is imperative the UK Government acknowledges the rights of all Palestinian people and seeks to implement an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Their suffering must end; they deserve basic human rights. Palestinians should live witho

closedOpened 15 Nov 2024
5.0k

signatures

Review family court system to help prevent post-separation abuse

We want the government to review the family court system to help prevent post-separation abuse. This should look at training on coercive control, protections for abuse survivors, and strict limits on use of “parental alienation” claims that

closedOpened 29 Jul 2025
5.0k

signatures

Define Anti-Palestinian Racism (APR) & launch an inquiry into APR

We urge the Government to adopt a definition of Anti-Palestinian Racism (APR) that is based on the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), & to launch an inquiry into APR and its impacts up

closedOpened 24 Mar 2025
5.0k

signatures

Reverse decision to pause decisions on asylum applications from Syrians

We think the decision is inhumane and may be at odds with our requirements under international law — asylum is a human right and an international obligation as recognised in the 1951 Geneva Convention on the protection of refugees. There al

closedOpened 17 Mar 2025
5.0k

signatures

Ban all e-bikes & electric scooters in public

Fully ban e-bikes and electric scooters in public, in order to prevent accidents and stop people from using them to commit crimes.

closedOpened 2 Mar 2026
5.0k

signatures

Retain 5 Year ILR & Citizenship Route, Delay Public Funds Access Until Year 10

Retain the 5-year path to ILR and British citizenship for Skilled Worker migrants, but extend the no recourse to public funds period to 10 years. We believe this would balance and uphold the UK’s promise to migrants to make it their home vi

closedOpened 24 Jul 2025
4.9k

signatures

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