The closure would be a devastating blow and it would leave our community with neither a bank nor a post office. The nearest Barclays branches, and branches of any other bank, would be at Ealing Broadway, Hounslow High Street, Chiswick High Road, and Richmond town centre. Many in our community, including the most vulnerable, have no access to online banking facilities and they would find it very difficult indeed to conduct their affairs at other bank branches. During the current Covid crisis it is particularly inappropriate to require customers to travel considerable distances, often by public transport. In recent years, Brentford has experienced very considerable increases in population and this growth will accelerate in the coming few years. We would suggest that the imminent closure of this branch is entirely inappropriate and may, in the fullness of time, be regarded as a very poor business decision

The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act is essential to holding the government accountable. But it’s being undermined by a major loophole: it doesn’t apply to government contractors. Since the Act was passed, outsourcing has vastly expanded. Government now spends £292bn a year buying goods and services – more than a third of all public expenditure. Private companies like Serco, G4S and Capita receive millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money, but because they’re not subject to FOI we can’t properly hold them to account. During the pandemic £10.5bn of government contracts were awarded without competitive tender and hundreds of millions was spent on “potentially unsuitable” PPE according to the National Audit Office, the spending watchdog. It also found that suppliers with political connections were 10 times more likely to receive government contracts. Access to contractor-held information depends on the public authority and contractor agreeing to it in the contract – a totally unacceptable situation that allows vital information to be withheld from the public. We think the FOI Act should be extended to cover all contractor-held information via an FOI request to the public authority. Major contractors should be required to answer requests directly. Support for bringing contractors under FOI has come from: - The Information Commissioner, who enforces the FOI Act. - The House of Commons Public Administration & Constitutional Affairs Committee - The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee - The Committee on Standards in Public Life - The government appointed Independent Commission on Freedom of Information - The UK Anti-Corruption Coalition, which brings together 18 of the UK’s leading anti-corruption organisations - The Open Government Network of civil society organisations Will you sign the petition urging Boris Johnson to extend FOI so we can hold companies with contracts paid for by the taxpayer to account?

During lockdown I have been horrified by the number of adverts for online gambling sites. The type of adverts are so cynical, suggesting you would be part of a family or a group of good friends if you just go online and waste your money. I can imagine a lot of bored people taking the chance and finding they're in debt. Gambling is a problem in the UK as it is.

After 10 years of forced Austerity cuts to bail out the greedy Bankers it's about time the top 5% and the big online companies stepped up to the plate to get Britain's damaged economy on the road to recovery without we the people footing the bill as of 2010 until present day. It's time for real change and a fairer economy, not a rigged economy to benefit the already rich.

Testing on animals for cosmetic purposes is cruel and barbaric in 2021. It must be stopped. Greed should not win.

I believe it will be a next level of 21st century British Airways, business. innervation and viable, profit margin, for the airline and the brand. it is a huge demand that in the very new future to operate flights direct to Sylhet via Dhaka of long term business plan, that British Airways needs to take on board of account and consider the great potentials'.

Working as a post person for close to twenty year . I have frequently seen and heard of colleagues with back problems . They have eventually ended up retiring early on medical grounds. We walk around ten mile per day and deliver to between 500- 1000 doors a day. Depending on the housing areas. The new builds of housing estates are adding front doors that are inches off the floor. The new brushes behind the letter boxes make it harder to post anything through. This may sound trivial to most but it is quite serious to the people who are dealing with this on a daily basses . This petition is to stop new doors being manufactured with low letter boxes .

Free school meals funding should be for the families and children who need it. Not for a company to profit from.

Since so much more food shopping is being done online the food banks are collecting less food for distribution.

its important that its something i love to do and its always holyhead who suffers as there is a lot of shops closed in the town and now we will be which i dont want

I believe that the BT TV YouView box could do with some modifications.

Because they were so amazing and an incredible band who everyone misses soooo much and we needed their entertainment and music in lockdown.