Petition · past parliament

Stop roll out of universal credit

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Stop the roll out of universal credit it's causing major hardship on working family's the fact people have to wait 4-6 weeks for a payment and it's not backdated. it's also causing alarm and distress to so many family's some even taking there own lives this should not be happening in 21st century
The universal credit system is not working it's causing major hardship to working family's it's causing depression homelessness due to the waiting of payments and then the first payment is only a week payment even though you have no money for 5 weeks the fact more family's have to go to food banks as can't even afford to feed them selves it's not fair this is the 21st century and people should not be living like this

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

16 Nov 2018 Petition opened for signatures
20 Nov 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Nov 2018

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