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Create a cross party group to lead the UK COVID-19 response, lead by science.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The Conservative party approach to COVID-19 isn’t working, a cross party group should be created to calculate the UK approach that is lead by the science and not the economic impact.
We are now entering lockdown 3 for the UK and it’s clear the Conservative government are prioritising the economy over people and although the economy is important we need to take a large short term hit like other countries have to get the virus under control. A cross party group being lead by scientists will be able to make calculated decisions which put people at the heart of those.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

4 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
11 Jan 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Jan 2021

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