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Health Over Time Change: Stop Daylight Saving in the United Kingdom

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

We, the undersigned, urge the UK Government to reconsider adopting daylight saving time due to its negative impacts:
1.Health Risks: Changes disrupt circadian rhythms, increasing risks of sleep disorders and heart diseases.
2. Economic Inefficiency: Modern research shows negligible or no energy savings from daylight saving time.
3. Education and Work Disruption: Misaligned biological and work/school clocks reduce productivity and learning efficiency.
4. Increased Road Accidents: Time changes cause driver fatigue, leading to more accidents.
Preserve standard time for public health and safety.

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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End the clocks going back. Keep GMT as standard time all year round: End the clocks going back. Keep GMT as standard time all year round

Timeline

28 Jan 2024 Petition opened for signatures
7 Feb 2024 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 7 Feb 2024

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