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The system needs changing for the youth of our country.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":36,"closing_date":"2026-09-12","created_at":"2026-02-01T15:43:15.473Z","updated_at":"2026-05-17T12:33:20.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-03-12T14:26:25.399Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-02-02T15:42:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Sarah ohare","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DfE","name":"Department for Education","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":36}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Brentwood and Ongar","ons_code":"E14001125","mp":"Alex Burghart MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Buckingham and Bletchley","ons_code":"E14001141","mp":"Callum Anderson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Colchester","ons_code":"E14001176","mp":"Pam Cox MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dulwich and West Norwood","ons_code":"E14001205","mp":"Helen Hayes MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ellesmere Port and Bromborough","ons_code":"E14001222","mp":"Justin Madders MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Filton and Bradley Stoke","ons_code":"E14001237","mp":"Claire Hazelgrove MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Harrow East","ons_code":"E14001270","mp":"Bob Blackman MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Horsham","ons_code":"E14001294","mp":"John Milne MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Ipswich","ons_code":"E14001302","mp":"Jack Abbott MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingston and Surbiton","ons_code":"E14001312","mp":"Rt Hon Ed Davey MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingswinford and South Staffordshire","ons_code":"E14001316","mp":"Mike Wood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leeds Central and Headingley","ons_code":"E14001319","mp":"Alex Sobel MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leeds East","ons_code":"E14001320","mp":"Richard Burgon MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leeds South West and Morley","ons_code":"E14001324","mp":"Mark Sewards MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Nottingham South","ons_code":"E14001412","mp":"Lilian Greenwood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Rochester and Strood","ons_code":"E14001447","mp":"Lauren Edwards MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South Cambridgeshire","ons_code":"E14001481","mp":"Pippa Heylings MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South Norfolk","ons_code":"E14001489","mp":"Ben Goldsborough MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge","ons_code":"E14001523","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Gavin Williamson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stretford and Urmston","ons_code":"E14001528","mp":"Andrew Western MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Sussex Weald","ons_code":"E14001533","mp":"Ms Nusrat Ghani MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Torbay","ons_code":"E14001551","mp":"Steve Darling MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Walsall and Bloxwich","ons_code":"E14001562","mp":"Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Welwyn Hatfield","ons_code":"E14001573","mp":"Andrew Lewin MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Widnes and Halewood","ons_code":"E14001584","mp":"Derek Twigg MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey","ons_code":"S14000098","mp":"Graham Leadbitter MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cardiff West","ons_code":"W07000092","mp":"Mr Alex Barros-Curtis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr","ons_code":"W07000102","mp":"Steve Witherden MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Vale of Glamorgan","ons_code":"W07000110","mp":"Kanishka Narayan MP","signature_count":5}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":3},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":3},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":3},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":6},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":3},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":6},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":3},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":7},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":1}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}