• Bovine TB control needs reduction of badgers
    Farmers with infected herds are unable to move live animals off their farm, and suffer loss when infected cattle in their herds are culled
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    Created by Michael Donovan
  • Cadbury UK should start paying its fair share of tax this Easter
    Because businesses that make large profits from the UK market, such as Cadbury, can and should be paying their fair share of taxes. Failing to do so means there is less money to spend on schools, the NHS and other vital public services, which companies rely on to educate and look after their workforce and customers. Cadbury was set up by Quakers and had a long tradition of being a responsible employer that looked after its workforce and made a positive contribution to the communities where its chocolate was manufactured. In 1893, George Cadbury developed the Bournville estate in Birmingham, a model village designed to improve the living conditions of its employees. Easter time, when supermarket shelves are stacked with Cadbury's chocolate, is a good time to remind them of their roots and start putting people ahead of profits. For more information, read: http://ind.pn/1Ode1QJ
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    Created by Tom Sefton
  • Paid adoption leave for self employed people
    For some self employment is chosen, for others, in this current climate, it is the only way of having an income, for some adoption is chosen and for others it is their only chance to have a family. An independent report by Julie Deane OBE recommends that self employed people should be given the same rights as those that work for an employer. This has been seen by parliament and so far ignored. I am proud to be self employed, I am also very much looking forward to starting my family however and whenever it happens but I know that without the same support the my employed friends get, we could struggle. This is unfair. The current government is very proud of the rise in self employment. It is one thing that has made the unemployment figures look better over the last few years. The entrepreneurial spirit is something to be proud of. It is time to bring adoption, maternity and paternity pay for self employed people in line with that of employees.
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    Created by Matthew Lee
  • A FAIR PENSION
    At the moment pensioners are expected to live on Approximately £100 less per week than someone on the minimum wage working a 37 hour week. How is this fair a retired person should be able to heat their home eat well and enjoy their retirement. There is no justification or logic to setting the pension rate so low. Pensioners need the same amount of money as anyone else to live on their costs are greater not less.
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    Created by Colin Denny
  • MP's Should Reject or Donate 11% Pay Rise
    It can not be right in a civilised and fair society that children should be placed in poverty and disadvantaged because of the failure by successive governments to effectively manage the British economy.
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    Created by Trevor Roberts
  • 'Help!'.. me save what I've already started.
    I will sadly loose the chance to make a difference as well as my livelihood. Within 6 months I will create my business with the need to employ people from the local community. With in 1 year I will be able to help my community sustainability in teams of job creation and long term employment prospects. These are just a few things I do: I am a local children's charity supporter and make regular financial contributions. I am a member of the Dudley Health Group. I am a weekly contributor to the local Dudley food bank. I also work alongside the youth of all nations to assist in there future growth and development. I am a chief church usher and I am an active church member of 13 years for the Dudley New Testament Church. I work closely with the Afro-carribean centre. Sending me back to Jamaica means l loose my formed friendships and community family, l will have nothing and I will be homeless. The deadline for the immigration tribunal to receive this is the 30th March 2016. Help me to continue to make a positive change and contribution to the UK future growth and to the future adults of tomorrow. Please sign this petition. And thanks for all the support. Dwayne Millwood.
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    Created by Dwayne MIllwood2 Picture
  • Wealth Tax on Homes Worth £1M+
    So many social issues the UK faces today are to do with the fact that "trickle down" economics proved to be a myth. Societies down the ages have faced the choice: redistribution or revolution. The U.K. may be far from the latter; but anger and frustration is felt by millions. A sensible wealth tax is always possible. All that stands in the way is political will. An unbalanced society is healthy for nobody. Make the change before anger turns into rebellion.
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    Created by Trevor Barton
  • Nationalise the NHS dept
    Currently our health service is in crisis and are failing to deliver a service that we, the tax payer are paying for. The mill stone of PFI is bringing the national health service closer and closer to the door marked private health service and this Government is pushing it closer and to closer to this door unless we stand up and be counted. Make no mistake the smoke and mirror of free at the point of delivery is just that smoke and mirrors and by tomorrow we will no longer have a national health service. Waiting times are through the roof, Junior doctor being victimised and bullied into accepting a new contract not fit for purpose by Jeremy Hunt. Ambulance services on their knees and patients are suffering and dying because of staff shortage and stretched resources to pay off the PFI bill and not because Junior Doctors do not work, which they do, on weekends. The PFI are forcing Health services to make cuts across the board and this is to reduce the wage bill so that share holders are paid there dividends at the end of the month. So if we want to save our health service then we need to nationalise the PFI dept and to this end we need to be patitioning our local MP's to suppor the nationalising of the PFI's
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    Created by Peter O'Brien
  • Tax Avoidance, No Vote
    The principle of reciprocity currently seems violated by those refusing to pay what they are due whilst taking full advantage of their right to have their voice heard in how the nation is governed; seemingly undermining the principles of a democratic nation. Depriving tax dodgers of their right to vote may help tackle this trend, whilst adding to the national treasury, which seemingly fits in with the intent of current austerity programmes.
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    Created by Billy Holmes
  • A Vote of No Confidence in Richard Lochhead
    That we the Fisherman and Farmers of Scotland have No Confidence in Richard Lochhead to stand and fight for our industries that are an important part of our rural economy, an important export earner for Scotland and vital to our food security
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    Created by john macdougall
  • Tighter Regulation of Debt Collection
    The Credit industry in the UK already has plenty of tools to use when pursuing debtors who will not pay their debts, to the point of getting a County Court Judgement and then engaging Bailiffs to go after the debtor or repossessing property. In addition, they are under a duty to work with debtors who find themselves unable for whatever reason to pay their debts as originally agreed and to find more suitable ways of repaying the debt. The fact that a company will sell an old debt for a fraction of its face value means that the debt has already been written off and all options for collecting the debt have failed. Almost without exception, these companies do not exercise any form of due diligence to find out whether the alleged debt is still valid. In many cases, it isn't. Instead, they write threatening and intimidating letters to potentially vulnerable people about old debts which may well have been forgotten about. This practice is unfair given the vast array of tools already available to the credit industry. It is not in the interests of the Credit Industry because the debts sold have already been written off. The practice is born of sheer greed and benefits nobody except the companies engaged in it. For that reason, it needs to be banned.
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    Created by Stuart Waters
  • right to sign a tax agreement with HMRC for all taxpayers
    Mr Osborne declared the agreement with Google was a "major success". I would like Mr Osborne to get millions more "major successes"
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    Created by frederic Hardy