The House of Commons, after a little to-ing and fro-ing over the drafts of the petition, has today published our parliamentary petition.
The rules of Parliament do not allow them to accept petitions from other web platforms, nor to piggy-back other petitions.
Inside Croydon has already appealed to all 20,000 signatories of the council petition to sign the parliamentary petition as well, and to share it as widely as possible.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632944
And this is why we are doing this:
At 10,000 signatures, government will respond to the petition
At 100,000 signatures, the petition will be considered for debate in Parliament.
Called to account: with 10,000 signatures, the government will have to respond to the Croydon public
The second target might be a bit of a stretch, but because of the strict parliamentary rules on the wording of petitions, this version has a broader reach, so that it applies to Thurrock and Slough, who are having a 10% Council Tax increase imposed upon them.
And it can also appeal to the public right across England.
So do please add your name to the petition today.
And share it as widely as possible!
Click here to sign the parliamentary petition
And if you haven’t done so already, click here to sign up to our petition to Croydon Council
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