Petition · Cabinet Office
Create a Public Accountability Act for Mismanaged Public Projects
Closed
96 signatures
What the petition asks
Introduce a "Public Accountability Act" to ensure politicians and public executives responsible for catastrophic public spending failures face personal consequences. With legal duty of care for public funds, personal financial penalties or mandatory voluntary service and clawback contract clauses.
In any other job, if lots of money was lost, we would be fired. Ordinary people face consequences so should they.
This is about fairness, responsibility and protecting the public purse.
This is about fairness, responsibility and protecting the public purse.
Timeline
| 1 Aug 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 Feb 2026 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
96
Status
Closed
Department
Cabinet Office
Opened
1 Aug 2025
Closed
1 Feb 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 13 Aug 2026.