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The e-petitions were relaunched by the Conservative–Liberal Democrat Coalition government in July 2011. Petitions backed by 100,000 signatures would now be considered for debate in Parliament and the website was moved to Directgov. [6] In the following year, a total of 36,000 petitions were submitted, attracting 6.4 million signatures. [7]
The government must respond to all petitions with over 10,000 signatures, and petitions reaching 100,000 signatures are considered before parliament. ... Only British citizens and UK residents are ...
Petitions which reach 10,000 signatures receive a written response from the UK Government. The committee can schedule debates in the House of Commons' second debating chamber (Westminster Hall), on Monday evenings at 4.30 pm. [2] When Parliament is dissolved, all open petitions on petition.parliament.uk are closed, and new petitions are not ...
The UK government publishes a list of 100 proposed locations for potential new towns in England, with Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook saying work on them will begin before the next general election. [83] 14 February – The UK government scraps the role of independent adviser on political violence, created before the last general election. [84]
This culminated in a petition calling for an early general election on the UK Parliament website being started in November 2024 which reached over 2 million signatures within 2 days. Starmer responded to the petition by saying "I'm not surprised, quite frankly, that as we're doing the tough stuff there are plenty of people who say 'well I'm ...
A plan to build hundreds of homes in Derbyshire will be decided by the government after a district council refused the application. ... More than 2,500 people signed a petition by the Wolds Action ...
The Royal Horticultural Society has demanded £6m in compensation from the government after major roadworks impacted the number of visitors to its flagship site. The charity launched a petition to ...
The Liberal Democrat manifesto For a Fair Deal was released on 10 June, [189] [190] which included commitments on free personal care in England, [191] investment in the NHS including more GPs, increased funding for education and childcare (including a tutoring guarantee for children from low-income families), increased funding for public ...