MPs could be forced to debate a no-confidence vote in David Cameron

{Petition is closing in on the 100,000 signatures required for MPs to consider the motion for debate in Parliament }

MPs could be forced to debate a no-confidence vote in the British Prime Minister, David Cameron.

A petition, which accuses him of causing “devastation for the poorest in society for the last 5 years”, is closing in on the 100,000 signatures required for a parliamentary debate.

It adds: “We cannot afford another 5 years of Tory rule, with the recent welfare reform that will cause nothing but immense poverty in the UK.”

Petitions that pass 10,000 signatures receive a response from the Government, while any petition attracting more than 100,000 names is considered for debate in Westminster Hall, the overflow room for parliamentary debate.

However the Government has yet to respond to the petition, despite it easily passing the 10,000 threshold with more than 97,000 signatures as of Thursday afternoon.

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