• Stop front line council cuts!
    Not only are you making a large number of hard-working people redundant, but also these cuts are affecting the residents living within the boroughs and the way that they access council services. For example; The decision to close cash-offices in councils means that, for our older generation, it it now much more complicated to pay their rent and council tax...they have to have a suitable bank account (using unfamiliar technology) and be able to access and understand the new paypoint system. There is a lot to be said for the human-touch....face to face customer service will always be more efficient and effective than automated systems as less errors will be made by the residents and more help available from the council employees.
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    Created by Julie-Anne Hull
  • Lynton House Surgery High Wycombe - Stop plans to reduce surgery hours
    Plans to reduce hours by 30% on an already stretched practice is unacceptable. When residents call for an appointment they are faced with a 2-3 weeks wait for appointments. There is also pressure being brought to get people to accept appointments at the Cressex health centre which is not easy to access and is on the west side of High Wycombe in Cressex Industrial Estate The Ryemead area population has increased in last 10 years by more than 1000+ and this will continue as more housing developments come on stream. Some 8 years ago it was identified there was an need for an additional “ 1.5 doctors” to meet the need of the new housing estates being build in the area but this wasn’t taken up by a doctors surgery. Lynton House is the only surgery in the Ryemead ward and its hours need to be increased not decreased to meet the local demand We are calling for this reduction is services to br reversed or to be scrutinized in light of the growing need in Ryemead for an increase in Doctors services at the point of need - in the local ward and community
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  • Save Lambeth Adult Education
    Hello all We are a group of teachers at Lambeth College and would like to ask you to support us in our fight to keep our jobs and to encourage the government to save teachers’ jobs and to continue to provide affordable courses for the community. The government has already implemented cuts of 25% to FE colleges with plans to impose further cuts. We would like to ask you to support us in our campaign to stop the cuts to adult and further education. We would also like to ask you to supports us and urge the government to save teachers' jobs and to revise decisions that force teachers and students to bear the whole brunt of the FE cuts. Despite the disproportionately high salaries that senior managers receive, no senior management posts have been lost in the recent past or as a result of government cuts. In fact our principal has been awarded a 13% pay rise and his salary is now above 150k (he earns more than the prime minister) and a large number of senior managers get over 80k. It is strange how no one flinches at the fact that a college with a serious deficit and funding cuts of more than 25% on its budget can afford to pay management staff such salaries. An average lecturer gets 25 to 28k and has not had a pay rise for the past seven years. Teachers have to teach larger classes, some of them with more than 30 students in very precarious conditions, especially in the Brixton and Vauxhall centres. The equipment and facilities are decrepit and not fit for purpose. Management have now decided to make the equivalent of 8 full time posts in the ESOL department redundant. This is despite the fact that it lost 14 members of staff in July this year. The ESOL department recruited well over 2,000 students in September. It is the largest department of the college by far and there are still many students on the waiting list desperate for classes. Stand up to the cuts! Defend Adult Education! Sign the petition!
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  • Keep "Women's hour" on BBC Radio 4
    As I've got older I have learned to appreciate radio more than I previously did and with BBC having such a wide variety of different radio stations there is one which i have become more accustomed too in my older age and if your moving on through the years as i am, you will know what BBC radio station i'm talking about. Yes radio 4. I started on radio 1, worked my way to 2, skipped 3 and have comfortably landed on 4 all because one day at work (while painting) I thought why don't i learn a thing or two of whats happening around me while I'm working, so I did and so i write this. I mean there is a never ending list of great television shows and radio shows but for me there is one which stands out taller then the rest, and believe it or not its "women's hour". I was raised by strong women and i'm also currently with one and i know how much strength and character it takes to fight for everything you want in this world. So to hear women talk on political , historical, present day or sexual issues i feel it is of the up most importance. Its something we can all learn from especially men like me. So lets not just save women's hour but the bbc as a whole.
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  • Save the BBC!
    The BBC has been respected and appreciated across the whole world for decades, but is now being threatened by politicians with only a short term in power. We cannot allow the short term interests of the political world to diminish our loved British Broadcasting Company. Through disability I am at home most days and *find myself watching, listening or on the Internet with the BBC. The tiny 40 pence a day I am paying for the licence fee seems such outstanding value for money. It will be awful to find any further reductions in the material they provide. Please join in with me to tell David Camerorn to spend his remaining time improving Britain and not destroying our best.
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  • Keep Siegen Manor OPEN
    Siegen Manor is a nursing home and day care centre in Morley. Its under threat from the government of being closed down. We need to keep it open. Its a place where dementia patients are cared for. My mum attends the day care centre and its a huge support to me as I know she is in a safe place there. Please help me fight to keep the centre open by sharing this to all your friends. The more support given the more we will be heard. Thank you, Teresa x https://www.facebook.com/SaveSiegen
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  • UK Government to Cease and Desist from Tax Credit Cuts
    These cuts will cause terrible suffering for families and plunge even more children into extreme poverty.
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  • Animal Welfare Team Brighton and Hove
    Brighton and Hove receives an invaluable service from this department. Any reduction in its' services will lead to pain and misery for both animals and humans in the community. Charities such as the RSPCA cannot manage this workload alone!
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  • Save our heroic PCSO’s so that they can continue to help keep us safe
    PCSO’s are a critical component in helping to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour across London and they are making people feel safer in their homes and within their communities. We ask you to please act now to keep our PCSO’s in place carrying out their often heroic jobs making Londoners safe.
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  • Merseyside will not implement any further cuts
    I want Merseyside to make a stand against Goverment cuts disguised as Austerity. Millions of pounds have been slashed from council budgets by central government, thousands of jobs have been lost and services affected. Local government in the North West has been hit harder by spending cuts than any other region in England. The government points out that we will still get far more funding cuts over the next 5years. So far it's estimated North West councils have had their budgets reduced by a third since the general election.Merseyside as a City Region has seen cuts over £1billion. We cannot accept 'Cuts' as a means to progress.
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  • Protect and Increase School Budgets
    The Chancellor’s claim that school budgets are protected is false. Schools are facing a real terms cut to their budgets of at least 3%. This is having a serious impact on schools, as they struggle to cover the costs for basic things they are expected to provide. The expenditure faced by schools is increasing year on year. Budgets are not keeping pace with increases to National Insurance contributions, pension contributions, pay increments for support staff and some teachers, rising costs of heating and maintaining premises, nor the enormous costs related to examinations. Schools are being forced to make redundancies and cut corners on important resources. Our children and school staff are already suffering as a direct result of these savage budget cuts. If we want to maintain an outstanding Education system, we must act now!
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  • Reinstate funding for Mare Nostrum to stop refugees drowning at sea
    Every human life matters. Providing funding to Mare Nostrum would ensure that people are rescued at sea when they fall from rickety dinghies and boats trying to make the crossing in a desperate attempt for a better life. Lives were lost this summer because Mare Nostrum was no longer in operation as it lost its funding. Funding Mare Nostrum would be a simple and quick way to ensure that more lives are not lost. It's not the answer to the refugee crisis, but it can prevent more lives like Aylan and Galib Kurdi being tragically lost.
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