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Petitions sponsored by Department for Work and Pensions

294 petitions, ranked by signature count · page 2 of 6.

Require all employers to include parental leave policies in job listings

Review law on disability-related dismissals and employment tribunals

Increase the DWP Christmas bonus for benefit claimants to £20

Review the child maintenance service

Change rules so parents with 50/50 shared care don’t pay child maintenance

Calculate child maintenance based on net rather than gross pay

Reform the way PIP assessments are conducted for deaf people

Stop deducting carer's allowance from income based welfare

Take action to improve waiting times for access to work applications

Amend the Health and Safety Act to make mental health training mandatory

Ask NAO to investigate any errors in CMS arrears from system migrations

Require all PIP assessments & reviews be conducted by doctors

Drop the state pension age back down to 60

Do not scrap the Work Capability Assessment (WCA)

Increase Statutory Paternity Leave to a minimum 12 weeks paid leave for fathers

Scrap the 2-child benefit cap

Set rules about when a service/venue can describe itself as accessible

Extend parental bereavement leave to 4 weeks after the loss of a child

Include Child Maintenance as Income in Universal Credit and Means-Tested Benefit

Reinstate the Winter Fuel Allowance for those who are paid the old state pension

Stop defining state pensions as a benefit

Increase the Carer’s Allowance to equal 35 hours at minimum wage

Stop all state benefit payments to non-British citizens

Review PIP eligibility criteria and award payments based on medical diagnoses

Increase Statutory Maternity Pay - 90% of Wages from 6 Weeks to 16 Weeks

Change review process for ongoing benefits for people with lifelong disabilities

Remove the triple lock commitment on pensions and tie increase to inflation only

Review of Universal Credit and Job Centre Operations

Base the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) threshold on household income

Make "ghost jobs" illegal

Reverse the state pension age back to 60 for women & 65 for men

Review the PIP assessment process to adjust for neurodivergence and trauma

Create and fund a national holiday and respite grant scheme for disabled adults

Keep two-child benefit cap for fairness and sustainable public spending

Require autism-friendly interview adjustments and sensory-friendly jobs

Do not refer to the state pensions as a benefit

Allow state pension recipients to claim full carer’s allowance

Remove all benefits for those guilty of supporting proscribed terrorist groups.

Introduce employment rights for sex workers

Review existing safeguards for UK national crew working on cruise ships

Legal requirement to respond to job applicants after interview

Ban High-Silica Engineered Stone Worktops.

Allow UC claimants with start-up-businesses to receive payments for 3 years

Review and reform administration of Universal Credit & compensation

Guarantee 100% Pension Transfer to Surviving Spouses

Don't introduce essentials-only benefit cards and protect claimants’ freedom

Require full public consultation on proposed PIP reforms in the Green Paper

Stop Means Testing Pensioners and increase the State Pension.

Increase New State Pension and pay to all, abolish the old Basic State Pension.

Make the state pension the same as the minimum wage for a full time worker