Require unbias, peer-reviewed statistics to be displayed in UK political debates

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Mandate Ofcom/Cabinet Office rules: debate stats must use peer-reviewed/official sources, disclose methods/normalisation, and show 5–10-year trends with uncertainty. Include data normaliseation i.e. normlaised by population. Use Universities to train an open, audited model to present data neutrally.

Transparency is essential to understand issues. Core metrics—e.g., tax spend by sector and sectoral growth—should be shown with long-run context, per-capita/real-terms normalisation, and clear uncertainty. Sources must be cited (ONS/UKSA/peer-reviewed), data and code open, and visuals accessible (plain language, colour-safe). Every debate topic should be backed by fairly presented, peer-reviewed evidence with definitions and methods disclosed.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We are not clear what type of debates you are referring to, and if you would like these new requirements to be displayed in some way.

You could start a new petition setting out the specific action you are calling for more clearly.

Timeline

19 Sep 2025	Petition opened for signatures
7 Oct 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Oct 2025

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