No Pride in Deportation: Stop the Deportation of LGBTIQ+ People Seeking Asylum
- 1,524 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,575 - 3 added in the past 24hrs)
End the harmful practice of deporting or otherwise removing LGBTIQ+ people seeking asylum in the UK, seeking alternative solutions that do not put people at risk of harm.
No-one who is an LGBTIQ+ person should be sent to Rwanda or another third country, or deported.
Change of faith since arriving in UK not to be considered on asylum claims
- 1,038 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,542 - 9 added in the past 24hrs)
As a multi faith country, we think it should not be a consideration when an asylum seeker alters their religious status.
Ban full-face coverings in public
- 904 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,351 - 7 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to place a ban on full-face coverings in public. This includes balaclavas, hoods (which hide the face), crash helmets (unless riding a motorbike) burqas, and niqabs.
Extend planned offence of assaulting retail workers to all public-facing roles
- 281 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,277 - 6 added in the past 24hrs)
The Government is planning to amend the Criminal Justice Bill to create a specific offence of assaulting retail workers, with custodial sentences up to 6 months and unlimited fines for offenders. The Government should now extend this to all public facing roles.
Negotiate with Ireland reciprocal visa free tourism travel for residents
- 184 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,252 - 6 added in the past 24hrs)
The UK should work with the Republic of Ireland to negotiate a legal agreement to allow residents of UK and ROI travel within the Common Travel Area (CTA) for short stay and tourism purposes without the need for a visa.
Mandate national service for carrying a knife, with an annual knife amnesty
- 151 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,120 - 56 added in the past 24hrs)
We want anyone who is found guilty of illegal possession of a knife to be sentenced to national service. We also want an annual knife amnesty on 26 April, where people can give up illegal knives.
Do Not Push Forward with New Offences relating to Begging and Rough Sleeping
- 859 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,076 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
We want sections of the proposed Criminal Justice Bill that relate to "nuisance" begging and "nuisance" rough sleeping removed. We believe the proposed legislation is overly punitive and impractical, and risks further marginalising an incredibly vulnerable group of people.
Remove entitlements of people who entered the UK illegally
- 996 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,028 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to remove the automatic entitlement to accommodation, financial assistance, and free legal representation to people arriving in the UK illegally.
Record and publish migration status statistics for crime in the UK
- 872 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 958 - 6 added in the past 24hrs)
The Government should collect and publish data relating to the migration status of convicted criminals. I believe that knowing this could help to prevent certain crimes, such as sexual crimes.
Make domestic abuse training mandatory for all social workers
- 753 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 954 - 12 added in the past 24hrs)
Recently, at a conference where I shared my lived experience of domestic abuse with 300 social workers, even though many of their clients are victims of domestic abuse, they do not have mandatory training in place. I want all social workers to have mandatory domestic abuse training.