{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/53334.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":53334,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Reform of Benefits system","background":null,"additional_details":"Time to use an oyster card or voucher system rather than giving cash to people that dont know how to budget or use the money for drugs, holidays, designer clothing etc rather than perhaps their childs nutrition!!\r\n\r\nWhy doesnt the government send a tender for services to large retailers and offer them exclusive supply rights for food, clothing, and essentials, so that the government get to monitor what claimants are buying so that money isnt spent inappropriately\r\n\r\nI am fed up of my hard earned money being taxed and then squandered and was appalled to find that people were going on holidays abroad and some even getting plastic surgery rather than look after their children","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":4,"created_at":"2013-07-31T23:36:00.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:29:17.994Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2013-08-05T10:21:56.000Z","closed_at":"2014-08-05T10:21:56.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2013-07-31T23:36:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}