More people are going to suffer if these cuts are made and we need to do something to stop it now.

Life for a person who is disabled whether it be a physical or a mental disability is hard enough already. People never chose to be disabled and it can happen to anyone at anytime. There are many many more humane ways to save money and a society who does not care for the less fortunate of it's people is doomed, history teaches us that time and time again. The disabled and sick should have never been demonized in the press, even the disabled peoples doctors are being ignored or seen as in collusion with their patients to"sponge" off of the state, in most cases this is categorically untrue. Most of us know directly or indirectly someone who suffers from a mental or a physical disability can we as a civilized society stand by and watch the most vulnerable in our society being targeted yet again as an easy attempt to claw back money while the bankers and large corporations get away with it again. Do we as civilized people condone this behavior as right or just?

They docked the benefits so that's hitting them once and with what they have left they have to pay the bedroom tax so they been hit twice. So they won't have much to live on. People should have enough money to live. Prices go UP and money gets cut from everywhere.

Adult education is a source of removing dependency on government resources and hand outs. Adults living in deprivation can go back to college to retrain or gain basic skills so that they can have more confidence to secure better jobs. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? The department for business, innovation and skills found that further education courses improved the lives of people who had completed them in countless ways. From becoming more employable to being more involved in the local community to better health and well-being. BUT... - The UK government has slashed funding for non-academic (not university based) adult education by a staggering 40% since 2010. - If government cuts continue, adult education will not exist by 2020. Colleges and training agencies have been advised to find other forms of funding. - It is a human right to have access to education at any age. Why should it be limited to our childhood? There are countless reasons why a person may not be able to read and write/speak English/hold qualifications/find a job as an adult. For instance: War Culture that does not encourage the schooling of girls Domestic responsibilities Poverty We believe that everyone should be given the opportunity to access services that may improve the quality of their lives, regardless of age. It is never too late!

In the forthcoming license fee review, the Government will endeavour to impose severe cuts upon the BBC in order to benefit the commercial broadcasters. The Government is too close to commercial broadcasting lobbyists, and is acting in their interests, not in the public interest. In particular, abolishing the BBC Trust would serve to greatly undermine the independence of the BBC from political interference. The BBC is one of the greatest and most valuable assets to the United Kingdom, and forcing cuts for purely political, ideological purposes would represent a terrible act of cultural vandalism. The British people need to show a collective will to resist such damaging changes, and demonstrate to the Government that any actions towards privatizing the BBC would cause severe electoral consequences for the Conservative party in the future.

Read this article from the Independent and let's make our country great again by helping those in need not those who shirk from paying into our system what they owe: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/hours-after-the-election-the-dwp-says-it-is-looking-to-cut-a-disabled-access-to-work-scheme-10237191.html I have worked with many disabled people who contribute massively to the business but just need a little support to get to and from their jobs and adaptations to help them cope. I recently worked with a blind lady who was brilliant at her job. Stop the new wave of Tory cuts. It targets those in need.

Access to Work has provided a lot of disabled people with the independence to work. Without access to work, disabled people will not be able to do their jobs fully or not at all. Since this petition was started the day after the general election we have over 8,000 signatures. This shows how many of you take this petition to heart. I thank you for all your support and we still need more signatures. Once we have reached over 10,000 this petition will be taken to Lindsay Hoyle MP. Many thanks for your support. We also need to educate the public about Access to Work - what is it? The general public are mostly unaware and if we make them aware we will get more support. I will be updating this petition soon with more info on A2W and what it is to help a better understanding for everyone. Please keep circling this petition without your support we would have not got this far. We need more signatures. Share. We also need to hear from you. How has it effected you? If you have not joined the FB group yet. Please do so and share your story. We need to educate people why we need support in our employment. How do we feel without support? Inferior? More here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/hours-after-the-election-the-dwp-says-it-is-looking-to-cut-a-disabled-access-to-work-scheme-10237191.html

The school has been promised money from both the council and the government again and again and they have still received nothing. Schools in Halifax have great facilities and yet Tod High is consistently ignored. The school has recently received 'Good' from Ofsted and has moved from being in the bottom 5% to the top third of schools in the country in just two years. This year the school is being asked to make £150,000 of cuts - How is this possible?

The British state will no longer be able adequately to protect the public from criminals and the growing threat of homegrown terrorists if the Conservatives push through their plans to cut further into police numbers. The coalition has already slashed the police budget by around 26% over the last five years, at a cost of 35,000 officers, and has signaled its intention to maintain that rate of cuts. New figures from the House of Commons library show that if Tory spending cuts announced in last year’s autumn statement – which would lead to public spending falling to just 35% of GDP – were applied equally across un-ringfenced departments, they would lead to the loss of 29,900 police officers and 6,700 community support officers by 2019/20, bringing the ratio of officers to population to its LOWEST level since records began. David Cameron says "But crime has fallen". I think you will find "Recorded Crime" has fallen. This is because of a loss of faith in the police by the public to report crime, officers managing to tactically write a job off as their workload is already piled sky high and with response times dropping massively the incident is normally done and dusted before an officer is ever on scene. The police rely on metal "Operation in progress" signs instead of physically patrolling an area as they don't have the resources. Villages at left in harms way with a response of 20 minutes at times due to shutting local police stations and removing the community's sense of being "safe". Unpaid special constables are being relied on to back up the front line, they are merely paving over the cracks as they are under-trained. The police is at breaking point, stop the cuts, before its too late.

Totton College has announced it is stopping A'Levels as of this September, obviously this affects both current students and new intake meaning locals will need to find new courses at either Brockenhurst, Tauntons or similar. This will of course involve an expensive bus fare and also affects staff who face redundancy and questions the future of the college as a whole.

On Saturday 18th April 2015, a group of activists occupied the old Bank of England building at 31 Castle Street in Liverpool. This huge building has sat empty for several years, while local homelessness services have seen a dramatic increase in demand for the help they provide. The Whitechapel Centre has reported a 32% rise in demand for the service over the last three years: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/whitechapel-centre-fears-new-year-8416181 The occupied bank has yesterday received papers for a court hearing about the occupation. The hearing will take place on the 28th of April. We are petitioning Liverpool City Council and the court judge to not evict the activists and to allow the centre to remain open indefinitely, to meet the acute needs of local people living in poverty. Article 25, Universal Declaration of Human Rights: (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. A "perfect storm" of central government cuts, stagnating wages and other unfavourable economic conditions have hit Merseyside the hardest out of any area in the country (While the national average cut in council budgets has been 2.9%, Merseyside councils are facing a reduction of 4.7%) and led to a dramatic increase in homelessness and housing issues, food poverty, fuel poverty and other types of material deprivation. Liverpool City Council has been instrumental in enacting cuts that have affected the most vulnerable members of the local community, and existing services are struggling to cope with the increased demand that this hardship is causing. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/one-seven-merseyside-homes-living-7305611 http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyside-foodbank-capital-country-according-6994144 http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/23/labour-austerity-benefit-cuts-deprived-areas-_n_3137416.html A group of concerned local people have decided this situation can no longer be tolerated. We have therefore set up the "Bank of Love" - the Jess James Community Outreach Centre - inside the abandoned building. As it was mainly the 2008 UK bank bailout that has led to the imposition of damaging austerity policies which are devastating out local communities, we feel it is apt that a former bank building should be used to house, feed and clothe those in need. Inside the bank we have set up a kitchen which has fed hundreds of people since the occupation began, and the big empty rooms above have housed many local people with nowhere else to go. Activists at the bank have also been providing food bags and free shoes and clothing to those in need. Government policy in the form of benefit sanctions (state-approved destitution) and the bedroom tax and changes to council tax benefit are leaving people unable to meet their most basic needs and the most basic needs of their families. Unless and until the government/local council addresses this ongoing breach of human rights, the centre must remain open.

Click to see the full bilingual version of the declaration:: http://pawalescymru.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/referendum-against-austerity-in-wales.html People across Europe and the UK who did not cause the financial crisis are the ones who are paying for it. Cuts in public services, benefits, wages and conditions at work are being imposed in the name of austerity. These cuts are causing permanent damage to people’s lives, to their health, families and communities. The very structure of our civic and cultural life is being permanently degraded. As the People’s Assembly Wales we say on the grounds of justice and equity that enough is enough. Austerity cuts must be stopped by every means possible. They are unnecessary, cruel and alternatives can be implemented – if there is a political will to do so. Action in Wales against austerity: • We support all local campaigns against austerity in Wales joining together to strengthen collectively the effectiveness of our challenge. • Get involved – we call upon every individual in Wales to defend all services and benefits and unite to challenge the UK government austerity policies. It is easy to start campaigning – just contact us. • We call upon Welsh trade union leaders and members to oppose austerity in every way possible, including through the use of industrial action and joining with local community campaigns. • We call upon all Welsh political parties which oppose austerity to work toward joint action and policies, including support of trade union and anti-austerity action and campaigns. • We call upon all Welsh election candidates and elected representatives to commit themselves to act against austerity policies. First, by being prepared to implement alternatives. Second, by voting to do whatever is necessary to stop austerity cuts up to and including refusing to set a cuts budget. Mae pobl ar draws Ewrop a’r D.U yn talu am greisis ariannol nad ydynt wedi creu. Mae toriadau mewn gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, budd-daliadau, cyflogau ac amodau gwaith yn cael eu gosod yn enw llymder. Mae’r toriadau yma yn achosi niwed parhaol i fywydau pobl – eu hiechyd, eu teuluoedd a’u cymunedau. Mae fframwaith ein bywyd diwylliannol a dinesig yn cael ei iselhau am byth. Fel Cynulliad y Werin yng Nghymru, rydym yn dweud ar sail tegwch a chyfiawnder mai digon yw digon. Nid yn unig y dylai toriadau llymder gael eu hatal wrth ddefnyddio pob modd sy’n bosibl, rydym yn dweud bod y toriadau yn ddiangen, yn greulon, a bod dewisiadau amgen os yw’r ewyllys gwleidyddol yn bodoli. Gweithredoedd yng Nghymru yn erbyn llymder • Rydym yn cefnogi pob ymdrech leol yng Nghymru yn erbyn llymder, ac yn ymuno gyda’n gilydd i gryfhau effeithiolrwydd ein her. • Ymunwch â ni -rydym yn galw ar bawb yng Nghymru i helpu i amddiffyn ein gwasanaethau a’n budd-daliadau, ac i gyd-weithio i herio polisïau llymder llywodraeth y D.U. Mae’n hawdd dechrau ymgyrch - cysylltwch â ni. • Rydym yn galw ar arweinwyr ac aelodau yr undebau llafur yng Nghymru i wrthwynebu llymder ym mhob ffordd gan gynnwys trwy weithredu diwydiannol ac ymuno ag ymgyrchoedd lleol yn erbyn llymder. • Rydym yn galw ar bleidiau gwleidyddol Cymru sy’n gwrthwynebu llymder i weithio tuag at sefyllfa sy’n datblygu gweithredu ar y cyd, a pholisïau unol, gan gynnwys cefnogaeth i’r undebau llafur a’r mudiadau sy’n gwrthwynebu llymder. • Rydym yn galw ar bob ymgeisydd yng Nghymru yn yr etholiad cyffredinol a phob cynrychiolydd etholedig i ymrwymo i weithredu yn erbyn polisïau llymder - yn gyntaf drwy fod yn barodi i weithredu polisïau gwahanol, ac yn ail i bleidleisio i wneud popeth sydd ei angen i roi stop ar doriadau llymder, gan gynnwys gwrthod sefydlu cyllideb toriadau llymder. Detailed arguments: http://pawalescymru.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/english-no-cuts-38-degrees-petition.html http://pawalescymru.blogspot.co.uk/