Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office
Drastically ease lockdown once the most vulnerable have been vaccinated
Closed
366 signatures
What the petition asks
By February 15th the Government expects the top 4 priority groups, accounting for 88% of COVID deaths, to be vaccinated. By the spring the Government plans for all 9 high-risk groups accounting for 99% of COVID deaths to be vaccinated. Once that has happened, lockdown should be scaled back.
The UK government has done a good job approving vaccines, and getting to work vaccinating the population, but we cannot make the good the enemy of the perfect: society and the economy have been flattened by the pandemic, young people are missing out on proper education and jobs, there is a MH strain on everyone, and business is suffering drastically. The government must commit to an end date for lockdown, to allow the economy and society to return to normal, and it should be once those most at risk have been vaccinated.
Timeline
| 20 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 20 Jul 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
366
Status
Closed
Department
Cabinet Office
Opened
20 Jan 2021
Closed
20 Jul 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.