Petition · past parliament
Scrap the universal credit and make the old system again and payments weekly
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Scrap universal credit because people are struggling to buy food for there family and people have to wait for 6 weeks before they get first payment. This is unacceptable. First 6 weeks without any money and food. We want to tell the government to scrap it and make the old system
Scrap the universal credit
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 19 Oct 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Oct 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
23 Oct 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.