Fund free sanitary products for homeless people
- 28 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 121 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We think the Government should provide free sanitary products for homeless people.
Make it a legal requirement to list an expected salary on job advertisements
- 21 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 116 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We think the Government should require recruiters to display the salary (or salary range) when advertising job listings, digitally or otherwise.
Consider child maintenance payments as earnings for calculating benefits
- 28 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 112 - 4 added in the past 24hrs)
We believe child maintenance payments should be considered in calculating benefit entitlement, in the same way wages are, and should be considered as earnings. The receiving parent currently receives the amount the government states they need to live on & some of the earnings of the paying parent.
Abolish the Bedroom Tax
- 66 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 107 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We think the Government should do away with the Bedroom Tax.
Introduce a national minimum wage for jobs existing within anti-social hours
- 84 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 102 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
Working anti-social hours on minimum wage is not sufficient. Safe travels home at 4am means getting a taxi as there is no public transport available at these hours, causing us to pay much higher costs for transport home meaning almost an hours wage if not more has to be spent on getting home safely.
Change Universal Credit Housing Element Rules when rent is set per week
- 38 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 94 - 3 added in the past 24hrs)
When someone's rent is set per week, including most social housing tenants, the housing element for Universal Credit is calculated by multiplying this by 52, then dividing by 12. However, some Housing Years there are 53 Mondays in the Year, so when this happens people can go into rent arrears.
Introduce: ‘The Sex Workers Discrimination Act'
- 49 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 89 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
Introduce new laws for sex workers that supports them to have equal opportunities for housing, banking and employment. Stop the discrimination.
Remove joint and several liability in tenancy agreements in proven cases of DV
- 64 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 89 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
Prevent the victim being responsible for the debt of the perpetrator if they stop paying rent on a property, including when the victim is unable to return home safely but intends to return. Joint and several liability can allow the perpetrator to continue financial abuse.
Change The Law On State Pensions For Those Facing Terminal Illnesses
- 68 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 80 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
This is not just about me; there are countless others who find themselves in similar situations - people who have paid into their pensions only to become terminally ill and lose everything they worked so hard for. We believe this is an unjust act by the state that needs immediate rectification.
Review operation of law in respect of preferred pronouns in the workplace
- 76 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 77 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
The Government should review the operation of the law in respect of people’s preferred pronouns in the workplace.