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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to introduce legislation to prioritise leisure over work. More details
Submitted by Ben Commelard Brown – Deadline to sign up by: 26 May 2008 – Signatures: 88
More details from petition creator
The long hours working culture in the UK is a major cause of stress, anxiety and misery. The government should recognise that its primary duty is to provide for the wellbeing of the people, not to swell the economy at any cost.
The current tax credit system is intended to keep people at work as much as possible. It should be rearranged to give support for everybody, including those who wish to increase their leisure time, spend more time with families and friends and pursue activities of their choosing.
There should be a corresponding end to rhetoric about "hard working families" to emphasise that there is more to life than work.
The only loser would be the ugly culture of materialism.
Current signatories
Ben Commelard Brown, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Mark Pearson
- Nick Tarrant
- Ben Parish
- Lauren Mason
- John Robinson
- Mark Horne
- Simon Guy
- Jenny Butler-Barnes
- Colin Barrett
- Jo Plumridge
- Lindsey Walpole
- Radha Walker
- Phil Bouwman
- Isabelle Commelard Brown
- Nat Queen
- Gary Patmore
- M Fleming
- Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/europensions/)
- Paul Keegan
- Stewart Keith
- Bonnie Mots
- Annie Tempest
- James Ferner
- Teresa Lewis
- Mollie Barrow
- Tina Gibbons
- Peter Stephens
- Rachael Dale
- Pedro Tavares
- Heather Rawls
- Paul Jarvis
- Karl Naylor
- Adrian D. Leather
- Paul Osborne
- Sean Talbot
- Pip Farquharson
- chris bird
- Dick King
- S King
- Jeff
- James
- colin ridge
- Eleanor Potten
- billie lockhart
- Stefanie Curtis
- Robin Kilsby
- Neil Lent
- isolde
- Emma Matthews
- Jason Wassall
- Amy Rathmell
- Julian Coburn-Hough
- James Brown
- James Whitehurst
- David H Jones
- Mark Standbrook
- Adam Clark
- Bren O
- Natasha Mulder
- simon deverson
- stephen adams
- Clark Summers
- Graham Rigby
- Balan Singh
- billy hall
- Andrea Patterson
- Andrea J Chee
- Clinton Morgan
- Paul Conway
- Alec Jones
- scott
- Anne Fry
- Phillip Williams
- Sten King
- Jamie Quinlan
- karen louise beavis
- Daniel Gay
- jo hallington
- Cathy Pryor
- David Jeremy
- Eve Allen
- michael mccusker
- Peter French
- Emma Louise Searle
- Grace Brandon
- John Robert Brandon
- Rebecca Brandon
