{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/771985.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":771985,"attributes":{"action":"Don’t remove Churchill and others from UK bank notes.","background":"The Bank of England plans to remove famous historical UK persons from bank notes and replace them with animal images. Whilst claiming this is to “enhance security” a FOI request found that a DEI inspired survey of 119 wokerati was the real motivation.\r\nWe must not cede our history \r\nKeep Churchill","additional_details":"","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2026-06-06T16:34:32.011Z","updated_at":"2026-06-26T12:49:09.675Z","rejected_at":"2026-06-26T12:49:09.678Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-06-06T17:25:20.000Z","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":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"Banknotes are the responsibility of the Bank of England, which is independent of the Government and Parliament.\r\n\r\nYou can find out how the Bank decides who/what will be on banknotes here:\r\nhttps://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/banknote-characters"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}