The Aquarium roundabout is one of the oldest roundabouts in Britain and has been faithfully serving this major tourist resort with minimal accidents and incidents for 101 years. Brighton and Hove City Council have now removed this roundabout against the wishes of the vast majority of residents without public mandate, having moved to a cabinet system of governance and rewritten the city constitution, also without public mandate. Many local businesses and residents have complained that the removal of this roundabout will create permenant gridlock and discourage visitors from our seaside resort. They have been ignored by a council whose public remit is to serve us. This unreasonable and city-damaging decision will lengthen a great many vehicle journeys, thereby increasing emissions, and needs to be reversed immediately. Removing the Aquarium roundabout will create permanent city gridlock, discouraging visitors from visting a once-prime tourist resort.  We have a patchy coach service and an unreliable train service so for most visitors the only viable option is to visit Brighton and Hove by car.  There has been no economic risk impact assessment undertaken and the council have ignored all protests from local businesses and residents. They don't even seem to care about public transport and emergency vehicles being obstructed. Or that many contractors are now refusing to work in the city as it is too difficult to drive their vans full of tools.  No one can afford to pay emissions charges either as a result of artificially created gridlock. There is no logic or majority public benefit in removing this roundabout.

This year, the average FTSE100 CEO took less than three days to earn what the typical UK worker will in all of 2026. In the case of Melrose, where the CEO earned 1509 times the median UK salary, it will take him just under 3 hours to do so. These disparities come in a context of long-term wage stagnation, falling living standards and a significant decline in worker trust in their employers.   It is clear that increased transparency has failed to keep extreme executive pay in check, with pay at the top of the corporate ladder having reached a record level for the third year in a row. To prevent such rampant inequalities developing further, companies should face a greater tax burden if they wish to pay their executives such exorbitant fees.   The ‘Fat Cat Tax’  This is why we are proposing a new ‘Fat Cat Tax’, whereby firms would pay a corporation tax surcharge on their yearly profits if single-figure remuneration for an executive director exceeds a specified multiple of the median UK worker’s salary. This would be a progressive system, starting with a small tax on those pay packages that exceed 10:1, before increasing in size at thresholds of 50:1, 100:1, 200:1 and 500:1.   Not only would this incentivise firms to scale back the levels of corporate wealth flowing to a small handful of individuals, but also raise funds to be invested in education and early years provision, helping to tackle inequality at source. While companies would not be prevented from continuing to pay sizeable fees to their leaders, increased tax receipts would help ensure that there is a shared societal benefit to such a model if it persists.  Why is this important?  The UK has some of the worst levels of income inequality in Europe. Not only do vast pay gaps have detrimental effects on the economy, but also societally through damaging health consequences, reduced workplace satisfaction and increased support for populist politics. Polling by the High Pay Centre and Survation demonstrates that 63% of people believe CEOs should not earn more than 10 times their low- and mid-level employees, reflecting the widespread support for an approach that seeks to reduce such gaps.  The tax could incentivise wage growth at the bottom, rein in excessive compensation at the top and help rebuild a model of fairness in how corporate wealth is distributed.  Next Steps  This petition will show strong public demand for reform. We will share it with government officials, MPs, business leaders, and campaign allies to help build pressure for meaningful change. The petition aims to keep pay inequality high on the political agenda and help generate momentum for stronger action. 

I’m starting this because too many families are being hurt while a small number of online operators make huge profits. Gambling is causing sleepless nights, maxed cards, and the shame of chasing losses on slot games designed to keep you playing. That is not a fair fight. The scale is big. Industry takings are around £15.6bn a year, with online casino £4.4bn of that and £3.6bn from slots alone. These are exactly the products most linked with harm. At the same time, NHS referrals to gambling clinics have more than doubled in the past year, showing rising demand for help. Public health officials estimate gambling harms cost England £1.05–£1.77bn a year when you add direct costs and the wider health impact. Children and young people are still heavily exposed to gambling advertising online, even as rules tighten. Raising duties on the highest-harm, highest-profit online products and ringfencing the money for treatment, prevention and research is a fair, targeted step. A new statutory levy exists, but ministers control tax and can go further where the harm is greatest. This petition asks them to do exactly that.

MTD ITSA will impose unfair costs and stress on sole traders, landlords and small businesses. Many will give up trading, reducing services, jobs and tax revenues. Instead of supporting small businesses during a cost-of-living crisis, the Government is adding more red tape. Parliament must debate this policy and scrap it before it destroys livelihoods. I work with hundreds of sole traders who are terrified about MTD. They already face soaring bills and high taxes, and now they’ll be forced into quarterly submissions and new penalties. Many say they’ll give up their trade rather than deal with the extra burden. These are hardworking people who keep our economy going — they need support, not punishment. Here are some of the reactions we are getting from business owners: "I'm finishing up at end of this year definitely" "That’s me packing it in then" "Will close my business" " I am retiring because of the changes in the next few months." "Looks like I'll close my UTR number an stop sole trading" Why this is important • I’m an accountant: I work directly with hundreds of sole traders, landlords and small business owners. Every week I hear their worries about MTD. Many already say they will quit rather than face the stress and cost. • It will force unnecessary costs: Sole traders will have to buy software (often £300+ a year) that they don’t need, just to comply. • It means more red tape: Instead of one annual return, they’ll be forced into five submissions every year, massively increasing admin. • It creates new penalties: More deadlines means more opportunities to miss them, leading to fines and stress — not more fairness. • It risks mistakes: Rushed quarterly reporting will mean more errors, leading to audits and penalties. • It hurts the economy: Skilled sole traders — plumbers, electricians, shopkeepers, freelancers — are already saying they’ll give up. That means fewer jobs, less tax revenue, and weaker communities. • It punishes the wrong people: While multinationals pay little tax and use loopholes, sole traders — who already pay their fair share — are being treated like cash cows. • It comes at the worst time: During a cost-of-living crisis, with high bills and weak growth, the Government is adding more red tape instead of support.

Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing. The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, and NatWest) made a record pre-tax profit of £45.9 billion in 2024 and they're on track to beat that this year - having made £35.1 billion in 2025 so far. [1] Introducing a 38% levy, in line with the Energy Profits Levy on oil and gas companies who also profited from the cost of living crisis, could bring in over £14 billion. [2] Banks are (unsurprisingly) against this; the CEOs of Lloyds, Barclays, and HSBC have publicly begged Rachel Reeves not to. [3] But after deciding not to scrap the two-child benefit cap, it’s time for this government to show whose side they’re really on. Introducing a windfall tax on banks would clearly signal the kind of change Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer promised to deliver and that millions of us desperately want to see, and help to prove that Labour aren’t in the pocket of big donors or beholden to corporate lobbyists from the City. As the cost of living crisis rages on, a tax on banks is a much fairer place to start than raiding the accounts of ordinary savers or the pockets of disabled people. Add your name now to tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxTheBanks. Notes: [1] Positive Money: While “CEOs party” outside Parliament, it’s time to #TaxTheBanks [2] The Morning Star: Tax the banks in next Budget, Reeves told [3] Financial Times: Lloyds Bank chief warns Rachel Reeves against higher taxes on City of London Independent: Barclays joins rival in cautioning against hiking bank taxes The Guardian: HSBC boss says Rachel Reeves putting up bank taxes would harm growth

Rumours started swirling that Rachel Reeves might slash the tax-free cap on Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £4,000 after meeting with a group of bank executives back in February. [1] Now it looks like those plans could be revived at next month's Autumn Budget. [2] Cash ISAs (individual savings accounts) are the most popular kind of savings account in the UK. Tax-free and low-risk, they help 18 million of us to save billions for a rainy day. But the Chancellor is being lobbied by big city firms to cut the allowance so that savers are pushed into moving their money. Reducing the Cash ISA limit - while keeping the stocks and shares ISA allowance the same - would unfairly push people into making riskier investments. No one should be forced to gamble their savings to help rake in *even more* profit for City bankers. After U-turning on bankers bonuses, we can’t let Labour bend to the will of big banks again. The government should not restrict Cash ISAs. Tell Rachel Reeves to #ProtectCashISAs - add your name to the petition now. [1] The Guardian: Savings providers vow to fight any attempt to cut cash Isa limit to £4,000 [2] The Independent: Martin Lewis warns Rachel Reeves’ cash ISA cut plan will upset millions

Unit rates rose by 9% in 2022, 13% in 2023, 5.5% in 2024, and now there’s another 8% proposed for 2025—a total increase of over 39% in just four years, more than double the UK’s 18% rise. Standing charges have jumped from £49.50 to £86.75 since 2023—a 75% increase. Yet Guernsey’s cost of living only went up 4.2% this year. We used to be a place full of hope and community spirit, where people looked out for each other and generations could live, work, and build a future. Now it feels like the island is turning into a playground for the rich. The cost of living is rising so fast that it’s becoming impossible to keep up. Greed is slowly but surely pushing everyday people out, and many full-time workers are already on the brink of homelessness—if they’re not there already. We’re asking for transparency and fairness for the island community—the working people who make this island run but can no longer afford to live here. I’ve been overwhelmed with stories of poverty and how this increase will ruin lives. I urge you to reconsider. Sources: BBC News Guernsey: Cost of electricity rises as fixed-price deals end Guernsey Press: Electricity prices are set to rise by 8% from July

Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schools, councils, childcare, public transport and social security - have been decimated after a decade of cuts. And now, the Government could be looking to cut them even further. At the same time, extreme wealth is growing. The average wealth of the top ten richest people in the UK is now £20.5 billion - up nearly 50% in five years. It is difficult to comprehend this scale of wealth. If you earned £3600 every hour, it would take you 650 years to save this amount. The UK is the sixth richest country in the world. But the huge amount of wealth in this country is held by a very small proportion of the population. The UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest 50% of the population - some 34 million people.  The UK’s unequal tax system is stacked in favour of the super-rich, helping the rich get richer at a faster rate and fuelling inequality. Unfair loopholes and far lower rates of tax on income from wealth than work mean the wealthiest in our society often pay proportionally lower taxes than a teacher or nurse. It doesn’t have to be this way. The government could find the money to support public services by taxing the very richest more. A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million could raise as much as £24 billion a year and affect just 20,000 of the very richest people. Implementing wealth taxes to support communities across the country isn’t just sensible - it's popular too. Three quarters of the public and 65% of UK millionaires who have been polled are in favour, as well as many unions, leading economists, think tanks, charities, and community groups. Phil White, member of Patriotic Millionaires UK, says: “The British people have always been proud of the shared public services we’ve created and are frustrated to see how they have been run into the ground. The NHS, education, our water system, public transport and others desperately need funding but  British people are being constantly squeezed - working hard week-on-week against rising costs.  This makes the need for taxing the very richest even more important. There’s plenty of money in the UK - but it’s stuck in the hands of the wealthiest - and while they get richer everyone else gets poorer. We would be proud to pay more, because that’s what being patriotic is: investing in a stronger, fairer Britain, where our services, businesses, and communities thrive and everyone can succeed.” We have the momentum to tax the super rich. Now we need Rachel Reeves to act. Will she side with the super rich or people like you and me? Sign this petition to demand the Chancellor tax the super rich to rebuild our NHS, schools, and other public services. Sources:  • UK’s 50 Richest families own more wealth than 50% of the population, The Guardian, 19th May 2025 • 78% of the public support a wealth tax over £10m and 77% support increasing taxes on the richest to improve public services than see cuts to public spending, Oxfam, March 2025 • 65% of UK millionaires support taxing the super rich more, Patriotic Millionaires, November-December 2024 • UK billionaires saw their collective wealth increase last year by £35 million a day to £182 billion, Oxfam, January 2025 • Average wealth of the top 10 richest people in the UK, Sunday Times Rich List, 2025 • 1 billion seconds is 31.68 years (Speeli). 20.5 x 31.68 =649.44 years. 3600 seconds in an hour.

The escalating cost of living is pushing families to the brink. Food bank usage is at an all-time high, a clear indicator of widespread hardship. Without swift intervention, the long-term consequences will be devastating and difficult to reverse. For many families, the damage is already being done. They face the potential loss of their homes, jobs, and even their health. The immense financial strain threatens to tear families apart

It is a sustainable cheap meal for the working people of the united kingdom this entails that people of the country can be sustained on a low budget as well as young school kids who rely on that meal to survive I hope that the supermarkets of the united kingdom take this into consideration.

Standing charges for gas and electric were abolished in 2009 due to the financial crash, under the previous Labour Government. Standing charges have doubled in ten years. They are crippling the whole country particularly those on benefits, the elderly, people with disabilities and people on low incomes. The current Labour government has raised them again. If standing charges were removed the country would be able to heat their homes over the winter months. The whole country is will be paying £362 per year just to have access to gas and electric,which is an essential commodity. 

The current compensation is inadequate and embarrassing when we take into account their duty’s. It's not only morally right, but increasing the pay will also inevitably foster more interest in enlisting in our armed forces, which has seen a significant decline over the years. Our national security should be a priority and financially supporting those who protect us is a critical part of that commitment. it's time we rectify this injustice.  By signing this petition, you help ensure our armed forces are justly rewarded for their invaluable contribution to our nation's security.