• Don’t use palm oil in banknotes
    The Bank of England is weighing up whether to use palm oil or coconut oil in their new banknotes. Palm oil plantations are currently a leading cause of rainforest destruction, destroying the homes of endangered Orangutans who are treated like pests and killed to aid the palm oil industry. The Bank of England faces a simple decision, to use destructive palm oil, or opt for a more sustainable alternative such as coconut oil. This decision could have a ripple effect in other countries too as they follow suit and produce new types of bank notes.
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    Created by Atul S
  • Protection for Autistic citizens against bullying and prejudice
    autistic people are a huge contribution to our society, in many ways they are superior to so-called normal people and they deserve our respect. Many of our brightest minds and our greatest achievers are autistic and autistic people need to be protected
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    Created by Paul Farrell
  • Make housing developers be transparent in Camden
    Current planning law states that if a developer will make less than 20% profit on a new development, they can ignore a council's regulations about building affordable and social housing. Leaked documents from several developers have shown that the maths they use to work out their profit margins are purposefully misleading, allowing them to claim they will make less than 20% profit on a development by undervaluing the prices of the houses they will sell and over-costing the labour. To combat this Islington, Greenwich, Lambeth and Bristol councils have introduced a policy that forces developers "viability assessments" to be made public. By bringing these dodgy maths into the public domain, Councils, campaigning groups and individuals will be able to hold developers to account and force them to use more honest maths. Resulting in more affordable and social housing for Camden.
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    Created by Una, Rima and Graham
  • Subway: pay your staff properly!
    Some branches of Subway, the chain of sandwich shops, recruit staff to be so-called "Apprentice Sandwich Artists" - often for less than £4 an hour, sometimes for as long as 14 months. By claiming that the staff are apprentices, bosses avoid paying the legally required minimum wage. But these aren't real apprenticeships. Young people hired as apprentices are doing almost exactly the same work as their co-workers who are paid at the legal minimum or above. It's not a training scheme, its exploitation.
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    Created by Sarah Collins
  • Abolish zero hours contracts
    People will know how many hours they are working and how much wages they will receive, so they can budget efficiently
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    Created by Jeanette Burgess
  • Stop Capital One's wasteful promotional marketing
    Credit cards are made from PVC. According to Greenpeace, PVC is one of the world's largest dioxin sources. This group of chemicals is some of the most toxic chemicals ever released into the environment.
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    Created by Kathryn Jones
  • Fixed Odds Betting Terminal invesitigation
    They claim to use a "Random Number Generator" for every single spin. I personally believe these machines follow a program, though I'm sure there is a "random" element I think there's a specific piece of code imbedded deep within the program to ensure the game reaches it's revenue targets. Most fruit machines will follow a program and pay out the Jackpot when the revenue target is reached, once this Jackpot is paid the machine will then ensure customer's lose to reach the revenue target. I feel the FOBT's follow the same program and the software ensures that whatever number the customer choses they will inevitably lose. I genuinely don't think is a conspiracy theory as I don' think those involved understand the software. If they were tested by a professional independent body, some-one who understands mathematics and probability, I honestly think they'll find piece of code that contradicts the machine is completely random. I have 20 years of experience playing these machines, I'm not a disgruntled customer trying to recoup losses. There should be no time a customer should detect a pattern, no time when they know the terminal isn't being random This is hugely important in my eyes as the public are being told the machines are random and the unassuming punter will just think they're unlucky. Each spin should be independent from the last. The terminals could stay in the shops but they shouldn't be marketed as Random.
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    Created by matthew vines
  • Prohibit School Uniform Monopolies
    State education of school age children is supposed to be free at point of use. Even simply imposing a uniform has the effect of making parents pay a fee to claim the "free" service but some schools go further and abuse their position. By requiring uniforms be bought from the school or its appointed suppliers, schools create a monopoly. Parents are prevented from shopping around competing suppliers so are forced to pay excessively high prices. The system is wide open to corruption as schools are able to charge suppliers for the privilege of being the appointed supplier. Children of impoverished parents, who cannot afford the uniform, are penalised either by being denied an education or put into isolation. Parents are sometimes forced to choose between providing food for their families or buying a school uniform. Uniform rules are also often sexist in that they impose stricter requirements on members of one sex than they do on members of the other.
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    Created by Mike Eggleston
  • Do not force the self employed to submit quarterly tax returns!!
    Self employed people generally work over 50 hours a week - many work considerably longer hours. They get no job security or holiday allowance. Their salary is not paid if they are sick and yet they contribute hugely to the nation's wealth. Many self employed people manage all aspects of their business from the PR, to office admin, to ensuring that they keep up to date with H&S, keeping accounts etc as well as delivering the core nature of their business. A three monthly submission process of tax return would create an unacceptably huge administrative burden on self employed people. It would stifle our collective ability to deliver our core business. It would discourage entrepreneurialism. In terms of the arts and third sector self-employment - it would add further administrative duress to an already ailing and underfunded landscape.
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    Created by Tania Holland Williams
  • Keep Walkers at Peterlee open
    As the North East is one of the most unemployed areas in the country, an additional loss of around 400 jobs, on top of the jobs lost last year from steel works closures, would be a massive loss to the area and would also see a number of families left without an income.
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    Created by Darren Meadows
  • Support the right of Tottenham businesses to remain in place
    These businesses have been trading in the area, employing local people and providing services to the community for decades. The businesses include DW Wood who have been machining wood at its site in Tottenham High Road since 1948, and North London's famous Chick King opposite Tottenham Hotspur football ground since 1981. The Peacock Industrial Estate established since 1986 , home to many businesses where several hundred people are employed in jobs covering skills such as specialist glazers , antique restorers , joinery shops, motor mechanics & a cake factory , to name a few trades and professions.In addition , the demolition plans threaten a NHS Doctors Surgery and Coombes Croft Library . These businesses are the pillar of the local business community and must not be driven out by demolition. They must be retained as part of the future of Tottenham. Haringey Council's proposals will drive these businesses out of the area, negatively affecting the lives of the owners and the people employed.
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    Created by Tottenhambiz Group
  • challenge proposals to permit companies to end index linking pensions
    Millions of retired people rely on their pension payments keeping pace with inflation.A leading firm of actuaries has calculated that this would result in a 30% drop in income over the average period these payments are paid. Apart from anything else this would dramatically reduce the spending power of the retired, badly effecting the economy, and create a "pensions apartheid". It is totally unacceptable for people to be denied what they are legally entitled too under the terms of their employment/retirement.
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    Created by steven hope