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Petitions sponsored by Department for Work and Pensions

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

Reduced Pension age for night shift workers who have worked for 15 years or more

Stop the governments plan to cut the disability element of Universal credit.

Give every newborn in the UK a £1,500 retirement investment

Change cold weather payments so it's a daily payment

Change Universal Credit so second parent earnings don't affect family’s payment

Amend ERA 1996: replace the ‘reasonable responses’ test with objective fairness

Review and reduce the £3,000 weekly cap for child maintenance purposes

Update child maintenance regulations to better recognise equal care arrangements

Legally require employers to publish staff disability numbers

Provide employment right for all to have a paid day off on their birthday

Review CMS to be calculated on both parents’ income, including investments

Include qualifications and occupation in anti-discrimination laws

Launch review into the sustainability and future impact of the state pension

Ensure employers pensions contributions are a minimum of ten percent

Give BN(O) visa holders access to funded childcare hours for working parents

Postgraduate loans for tuition fees should not count as income for benefits

Average the income and study hours annually for carers allowance eligibility

Abolish "Polkey deductions" in compensation for unfair dismissal

Reduce child maintenance, exclude overtime & introduce no contact, no payment

Review and cap increases on Motability advance payments

Amend UK child employment laws to allow more part time work for under 16

Raise parental leave limit for parents working at least 16 hours a week

Review financial support for parents if child maintenance payments can't be made

Allow Carers/Family of children given them by social services to claim benefit

Do not treat student maintenance loans as unearned income for universal credit

Repeal the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023

Review enforcement of break time rules in the private care sector

Review rules and enforce employment change declarations for Child Maintenance

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Restructure child maintenance payments

Include investment property mortgages when calculating child maintenance

Require all state pensions to be paid monthly

Government to review the Continuing Healthcare (CHC) funding model for home care

Introduce a non-taxable lunch allowance for employees to ease financial burden

Equalise the child benefit with UC child element & expand eligibility

Reduce the qualifying period for workplace pensions for emergency servicemen

Make medical professionals mandatory in DLA award decisions

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DWP to change the payments of divorced partners

Review replacing JSA & ESA with Unemployment Insurance for overseas citizens

Allow under 16s to work full time

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End the need for a fit note every 6 months for permanently disabled people.

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Reintroduce the JobStart scheme instead of reintroducing 2+ child benefits

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Reform Universal Credit to reduce long-term benefit dependency and costs

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Change the benefit cap for those who claim childcare

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Update and reformat the child maintenance service process