Introduce a 99p coin and scrap 'billion': Read the craziest finance petitions

The site replaces the original Number 10 petition site which was launched by Labour - and quietly shelved a few years later. If these petitions are anything to go by, we feel the new site might end up going the same way.   1) Abolish the word "billion" from all financial reports The word has lost all impact. If economists and commentators had to say ten million millions instead of ten billion it would bring into focus the real size of the figures.   2) Ban on financial lenders from selling insurance products The people demand legislation be introduced within one year that ba...