Raise statutory maternity/paternity pay to match the National Living Wage
- 104,782 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 110,802 - 92 added in the past 24hrs)
Statutory maternity and paternity pay is £4.99 per hour for a full-time worker on 37.5 hours per week - approximately 59% less than the 2024 National Living Wage of £12.21 per hour for workers aged 21+, which has been set out to ensure a basic standard of living.
The Government responsed to this petition on 25th April 2025 (View Full Response)Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits
- 28,898 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 30,094 - 14 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to halt all planned benefit cuts for disabled people unable to work. Instead of reducing benefits, we want them to rise in line with inflation. We want support, not hardship and deprivation, for those who cannot work.
The Government responsed to this petition on 29th April 2025 (View Full Response)Provide day 1 financial support to parents caring for a seriously ill child
- 17,050 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 17,114 - 7 added in the past 24hrs)
We are calling on the government to implement Hugh's law. We want the government to provide financial support to parents who have to press pause on their life to look after their sick child, from the day their child is diagnosed.
The Government responsed to this petition on 24th February 2025 (View Full Response)Pay pensioners the equivalent of the living wage of a 35 hour week.
- 14,763 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 14,841 - 15 added in the past 24hrs)
The full rate of the new state pension is currently £11,502.40 a year, while the annual income derived from the living wage for a 35-hour week will from April be above £22,000. We think there is a distressing discrepancy between these two figures.
The Government responsed to this petition on 11th June 2025 (View Full Response)Abandon DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper & create National Disability Strategy
- 10,785 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 11,523 - 7 added in the past 24hrs)
The DWP Green Paper Pathways to Work proposes what we think are devastating cuts to disability benefits. We think the Government must drop these proposals and instead begin a process of co-production with disabled peoples representative organisations to create a whole government disability strategy.
The Government responsed to this petition on 10th July 2025 (View Full Response)Review and support the continued operation of pubs to prevent more closures
- 4,992 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 6,884 - 129 added in the past 24hrs)
Review ways to assist the hospitality industry and support our nations pubs before we lose any more.
We feel that without Government assistance, independent breweries and pubs cannot swallow the hikes in business rates, the living wage and rising operating costs.
Stop PIP Cuts: Protect Support for Disabled People
- 3,671 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 4,403 - 8 added in the past 24hrs)
We call on the UK government to reverse the changes to Personal Independence Payments (PIP). We think these cuts unfairly target disabled people who rely on PIP for essential support. We would like fair and compassionate welfare policies that protect, not punish, the most vulnerable in society.
Improve the Financial Assistance Scheme for pensioners
- 2,437 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 2,484 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
We call on the Government to change the parameters of compensation set out in the Financial Assistance Scheme to end what we see as a miscarriage of justice inflicted on former workforces who lost their pensions when their pension schemes being lost due to employer insolvency.
Protect Disability Benefits: Stop Changes to PIP and Universal Credit
- 1,960 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 2,143 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
We urge the government to stop the cuts to PIP and UC. We think they will disproportionately harm disabled people. We think they should ensure PIP rises with inflation and that disabled people on UC are not financially penalised for being unable to work, not make it harder to access vital support.
Extend parental bereavement leave after the loss of a child.
- 1,591 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,592 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
Currently UK bereavement leave for parents after the loss of a child is two weeks. We believe this is not enough time to begin to grieve or plan and have the funeral before returning to work. We want to get the law changed so parents have more time to grieve after such a huge loss.