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PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk

Make political parties manifestos legally binding.

An Independent panel should monitor that the new government follows through on its pre-election promises. If after a period of time the panel decides that the promises are not being kept, then a warning should be issued Following this if its still in breach then a new election must be called.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
Signatures
10
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 10/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 10/100,000
Background
It's too easy to make promises pre-election which when in power they don't follow up on, and at the moment there's no mechanism for holding them accountable other than waiting 5 years till the next election