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Petition · past parliament

Regulation required to ensure that political advertising is not untruthful.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The Advertising Standards Authority can ban misleading advertisements in the commercial world but have no power over political advertising. The Vote Leave campaign said that the £350 million was to be spent on the NHS, which was untrue. The public were deceived. New regulation is needed.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Create an independent authority to fact-check political campaign materials.

Timeline

29 Jun 2016 Petition opened for signatures
5 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.