Save Otmoor from the Oxford-Cambridge Expressway
- Final Signatures: 10,589
Otmoor is a unique and beautiful habitat of rare wetland and grazing floodplain,1000 acres of nature reserve that is home to over sixty protected species.
Just 50 miles from the urban sprawl of London, Otmoor is a conservation area the government's own laws were designed to protect.
The Government responsed to this petition on 12th September 2018 (View Full Response)Govia Thameslink Railway should have its contract immediately removed
- Final Signatures: 19,663
The Secretary of State should intervene immediately over GTR's failure to implement its new timetable leaving commuters stranded and mass cancellations of services despite having a year to plan for the changes.
The Government responsed to this petition on 21st June 2018 (View Full Response)Empower the UK Government or Parliament to regulate ferry prices.
- Final Signatures: 17,654
With current ferry prices being unregulated, companies are permitted to charge whatever they wish for crossings. UK residents living in such places as the Isle of Wight are charged excessive amounts for commuting or travel to see family and friends. Likewise for tourists going the other way.
The Government responsed to this petition on 12th September 2018 (View Full Response)Under the original agreement, once the Dartford bridge had paid for itself, the tolls were to stop. In 1999, the government agreed that fees would be abolished by the end of 2003, an agreement that was not honoured and has been successively reneged on. We ask that the tolls are removed permanently.
The Government responsed to this petition on 22nd January 2019 (View Full Response)We call on the Government to abandon the HS2 Rail project.
- Final Signatures: 16,358
With the projected cost of HS2 rising towards £100bn, it would be better to stop the project now and use the money saved to provide free solar panels to the whole of the country.
The Government responsed to this petition on 28th March 2019 (View Full Response)Train Operating Companies across London and the rest of the country are beginning to introduce DOO (Driver Only Operation) on their trains. Some companies want to keep a second person on the trains but their role is revenue protection and is not safety critical. This cannot be allowed!
The Government responsed to this petition on 30th November 2018 (View Full Response)Cancel HS2 immediately and repeal the 2013 and 2017 High Speed Rail Acts.
- Final Signatures: 29,843
HS2 is a vanity project, lobbied for by the firms who will make billions out of building it, at a time of continued austerity and cuts to essential services. Independent economists, rail experts and environmentalists have all heavily criticised the project, but Governments have refused to listen.
The Government responsed to this petition on 11th October 2017 (View Full Response)Union Jack to appear on British number plates after March 2019.
- Final Signatures: 11,795
Why is this important? For too long the unity of Britain has been allowed to be undermined and now is the time when we leave the EU to give everyone a sense of national pride once again.
The Government responsed to this petition on 9th January 2018 (View Full Response)Save Local Remembrance Sunday Parades
- Final Signatures: 14,329
Due to a change in policy roads can no longer be closed. Unless local communities contract a road traffic management company to close the roads at a cost of thousands of pounds. Government should provide the council or police with extra money for these events to take place. Or these events will STOP
The Government responsed to this petition on 8th November 2017 (View Full Response)Bus passes for Over Sixties in England
- Final Signatures: 10,754
We as women aged 60 are not allowed a concession bus pass in England . But they have bus passes in London Wales and Scotland , why should we be discriminated. It would also ease our financial burden as we are denied our state pension .
The Government responsed to this petition on 20th March 2018 (View Full Response)