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The UK government (via Rees Mogg) has said they will not consider any petitions unless they go through their official petition site.
This means all the Change. org petitions that have gained a lot of traction over the past few weeks will not be considered for debate...
This means all the Change. org petitions that have gained a lot of traction over the past few weeks will not be considered for debate...
2) This is a clear attempt to wriggle out of discussions about Black Lives Matter, racism and trans rights, and human rights issues in the UK and worldwide.
SO - we need to boost petitions on the official UK Gov site in order to have them considered for debate.
SO - we need to boost petitions on the official UK Gov site in order to have them considered for debate.
3) The UK government commits to responding to any petitions that have over 10,000 signatures, and to consider debating any with over 100,000. I'm going to link a bunch below - sign and share please!
4) Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324092
5) Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808
6) Improve Maternal Mortality Rates and Health Care for Black Women in the U.K. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301079
7) Make LGBT conversion therapy illegal in the UK https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300976
8) Introduce Mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300105
9) Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323961
10) Create an independent investigatory commission to help protect ethnic minorities https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323867
11) Require British Sign Language Interpreters for emergency announcements on TV. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301461
12) Suspend future sales of tear gas and other crowd control equipment to the USA https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324208
13) Add ethics to the national curriculum for primary schools https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324194
14) Add gender identity to the characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301138
15) Include LGBT+ history and LGBT+ history month in National Curriculum https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303195
