Introduce Politics as a mandatory subject for all Secondary School students.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

To help students and young voters develop an understanding for the UKs political system.

Help students develop an understanding for politics due to the new voting age of 16. Aims to reduce political bias and makes sure that voters vote using their own understanding of the UKs democracy and politics. With the new voting age coming into effect voters at the age of 16 could lack an understanding of our political system and could be bias or swayed into the wrong direction.

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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Make Government & Politics a compulsory, core subject in schools
Make Government & Politics a compulsory, core subject in schools

Timeline

17 Dec 2025	Petition opened for signatures
19 Jan 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Jan 2026

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