Reverse Cadet Forces Funding Cuts by Min of Defence and the Dept of Education.
- 16,914 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 17,032 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
The govt have recently halved funding to State School Cadet units and Cadet Force Adult Volunteer Allowances. This is leading to reductions in activities and we think having a highly destructive impact on young people across the UK. We think this particularly impacts those from poorest backgrounds.
The Government responsed to this petition on 23rd January 2025 (View Full Response)Don't send troops to Ukraine to support peacekeeping
- 6,250 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 6,738 - 4 added in the past 24hrs)
Reports suggest that the UK may consider sending troops to Ukraine to support peacekeeping. We think doing this would risk escalation.
Transfer UK Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine
- 1,260 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 4,374 - 18 added in the past 24hrs)
The UK has approximately 632 Warrior IFVs: 80 awaiting near-term disposal and the rest expected to be scrapped by 2030. The Government should offer to transfer them to Ukraine. We think this would provide an increase in Ukraine's capabilities, without incurring cost to the Treasury.
Launch a public enquiry into Veterans UK
- 1,418 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,892 - 4 added in the past 24hrs)
We believe there needs to be a public inquiry into Veterans UK, including the war pensions claim system.
Fund more support for armed forces veterans when they leave
- 847 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,251 - 7 added in the past 24hrs)
We are calling for the government to fund more support for armed forces veterans when they leave the military, particularly in relation to their recovery from accident and injury and the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.
Deploy the Royal Navy to help stop illegal immigrants entering the UK
- 957 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,042 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We think that UK national security is the number one job of the UK government. We would like the Government to deploy the Royal Navy to help stop illegal immigrants entering the UK.
Stop sending military aid to Ukraine
- 548 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 721 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
The Government should cancel all Military aid to Ukraine as we believe it is a waste of Economic resources. We think we could instead spend any money saved on our military to help ensure our children's future.
Don't increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP & change approach
- 143 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 666 - 26 added in the past 24hrs)
We urge the Government to not increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP. We believe increasing military spending would exacerbate international tensions and make the UK involvement in wars more likely, which could put all of us in the UK more at risk.
Increase defence spending to a minimum of 3% of GDP with immediate effect.
- 268 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 349 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We think we must bolster defence given the Russia Ukraine war. We believe that we mustn't think that when the war ends things will go back to how they were before. We think we will need to revert to previous levels of spending, for example in the mid 80's we spent 5% of GDP on defence!
Create a Cold War Medal for veterans who served in the cold war.
- 228 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 260 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
Create a medal representing service given during the cold war which can be awarded to all cold war veterans. It was a very tense time in our history. Many lost their lives during this time.