We already pay council tax which covers the emptying of our waste recycling bins so why should we pay more on top of the council tax to have our green bin emptied.

We are 2 weeks into a 6-week (tokenistic) 'consultation' period to downgrade our Post Office in Finsbury Park. We have 4 weeks left to ramp up our response. The petition needs to reach 2000 signatures to trigger a debate in full Council Meeting. We all know that Crown Post Office provides important services that feed into the social and economic vitality of the area it serves. Our Post Office is under threat of being downsized into the corner of a store. Here are just a few reminders why we need to keep it viable and serving our community: 1. There is massive regeneration and development of Finsbury Park: our Post Office should be expanding rather than reduced within a franchise. 2. . Franchises depend on profit; franchise takeovers of Post Offices show a track record of low pay and conditions; high staff turnover; less experienced staff; long queues; people becoming irritated... 3. Big picture is that Crown Post Offices process 40% of financial services mail so are a crucial component of London’s economy. Track record of franchises is loss of experienced staff who are able to deal swiftly and efficiently with complex queries so business users suffer loss of time and money. 4. With a strategy of downgrading services, Post Office Limited’s own branding to serve the ‘heart of the community’ would appear to be a nonsense! Could those highly paid PO Ltd Board executives have signed up to such a policy without researching implications for Finsbury Park? We have massive development! Rapid population growth! Increasing demand! 5. A franchise will lose experienced staff who provide a patient, knowledgeable and polite service. Our PO is used by local businesses, hard-working families; small traders, disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals, (including people with issues of mild dementia; people whose first language is not English, people with disabilities, people with hearing or sight loss. 6. Finsbury Park Post Office serves an area of super-diversity. We need a commitment to promoting social cohesion. The strategic planning policy of National and local government (we have three bordering London boroughs - Hackney, Islington and Haringey) has made this commitment. Reducing Finsbury Park Post Office service by squeezing it into the corner of a store would undermine opportunities for social cohesion. 7. Downsizing to franchise of our PO would erode choice, limit access across our whole community, impact negatively on social cohesion and serve no-one's best interests. - KEEP FINSBURY PARK POST OFFICE VIABLE!

People like me were invited to the UK in 2009 to study for a MSc Physiotherapy well before the 35K salary threshold came into existence in 2016. The immigration rule at the time stated we were given 2 years’ visa (PSW) to find a permanent job and if we were able to find a permanent job, we were eligible for indefinite leave to remain if we completed 5 years in our permanent job and our employer still needed us. However, because of this new law, only those people who are earning more than £35,000 on a single contracted salary will be eligible to apply for leave to remain. This law will only discourage people to work for the public-sector organisations such as the NHS where achieving 35K salary within the first 5 years of employment is nearly impossible unless the employee is working in London. People like me who are working 7 days a week and earning well above 35K over the past 2 years with overtime will have to leave their permanent senior physiotherapist NHS job and move to the private sector to fulfil this salary threshold. After the Royal College of Nursing highlighted the impact of this law on the nurses staffing level the Home Office have exempted all nurses from this law however, other important professions such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, many doctors, IT professionals and many engineers are not exempted. We do respect the government’s idea of training UK citizens but they must understand that training them takes time and needs senior staff to train them. Due to our job role, we now provide clinical education to university students and juniors. Also, moving trained people like us from Birmingham to London/private sector will have no impact on immigration however it will only cost money to the NHS to employ more locum staff. The Charted Society of Physiotherapy argues that 500 additional physiotherapists are needed UK-wide each year up to 2020 to meet the demand, with services already facing supply shortages. In the year 2015, Health Education England, a government body, cut the number of physiotherapy training places in England alone by 6.2 per cent, 95 fewer places than the previous year. There were just 1448 NHS-funded training places for the 2016/17 intake. Also due to NHS bursaries cuts and 14% pay cuts to the NHS employees in real terms, less people will be inclined towards health professional courses hence it will be a wise decision to bring the threshold to 28K (average UK salary) so that the Tier 2 visa holders who are already working will be able to continue their work in the UK. We started a petition earlier on this issue #anand35k which gained lot of popularity and 13,346 signatures but due to the general election, our deadline was brought forward by 9 weeks and we had to stop our campaign. I have had various BBC radio, news agencies interview but my most popular one was the BBC Midlands interview which had 338K views in 1 week on their Facebook page. https://youtu.be/w8BYaeKMEEA I personally feel that this law is disrespecting the service we have provided by working 7 days a week, paying our taxes, national insurance, NHS surcharge (only paid by non-EU nationals) and I have never claimed any benefit. I hope we win this time otherwise the NHS and many big companies will be losing experienced trained staff. It will not do justice to the employers who have spent so much money on our training and it will be an injustice to the people who have made their home in the city they are living in.

This year I got my first parking fine. Two letters arrived for eighty five pounds each. I heard for from various Managers on the Crown Wharf in Walsall that there is fifteen minutes grace, but when you are shopping it is very difficult to watch the clock. The first fine showed that I went over by a measly thirty six seconds, and the other one showed that I went over by two minutes. I was informed that If I paid the fines within fourteen days I would only be charged fifty pounds each. As I earn close to minimum wage I was gutted, but I gritted my teeth and paid them within fourteen days. Because of this awful situation it has spurred me on to instigate this long overdue petition. Other places in the Midlands have FREE parking, like Bentley Bridge, Merry Hill and Bilston! The twenty four hour Tesco in Walsall has two hours parking if you spend five pounds in the store. A staff member on the till told me that a customer recently said to her, 'After I did my shopping I wanted to have a meal in the café like I used to, but I wasn't able to as I would have gone over the two hour limit, so I had to eat elsewhere'. This week I spotted a car with a parking ticket on the windscreen in Walsall town centre. I was just about to take a photo to illustrate my petition when I heard the doors unlock. I saw a woman approaching me, I asked her if this was her car. It was, so I informed her that she had a ticket and she said in a disappointed voice "I wasn't long." She was happy for me to take the photo. We all need free parking in Walsall. This would be good for business! Customers could shop until they drop instead of always looking at their watches and then running to put money into the cash cows! Please sign this Petition. Thank you.

Following an accident involving a 20mth old child we required urgent medical assistance. We waited 35 minutes for the ambulance to attend. We were horrified to learn that the service for Yate & Chipping Sodbury had been drastically cut and that the ambulance had to come from central Bristol. The lack of ambulances available is putting the population of Yate & Chipping Sodbury at risk. We want to see adequate ambulances for our area with the appropriate response times. 35 minutes is simply not good enough.

Glasgow City Council has announced that it is cutting all funding to the Housing Support Budget. This means that our vulnerable elderly residents of Glasgow will be without the vital warden support which they currently receive. The warden is a life line for people who have very little or no family and support, enabling them to live not only as independent a life as they possibly can, but simply to live! Without this support, many people would sit lonely for days, weeks or months with absolutely no contact. Our elderly residents will end up completely neglected as GP's do not routinely check on their older patients and are stretched to the limits themselves. Imagine sitting all alone, no one bothering with you or even knowing you exist. Just think how frightened you would feel if this was you, just waiting to die because no one cares. How dare the Council treat our Elderly people like this! Please sign this petition and help save our wardens and show our older people you care about them. Thanks for your support.

Despite significant ‘improvements’ to Needham Market Railway Station in recent years (costing over £700,000) access to the Ipswich-bound platform remains by steep underground stairway only – a physical challenge for passengers with limited mobility, with buggies, bikes, or heavy suitcases, and an impossibility for wheelchair users. Additionally, the new ramp from the car park to the Cambridge-bound platform is well above the maximum 1 in 12 gradient required to comply with Building Regulations, creating further significant problems for wheel chair users. Needham Market is a growing town with large new estates planned for hundreds of homes over the next few years. Abellio East Anglia Limited (trading as Greater Anglia) claims to be committed to complying with its obligations under the Equality Act 2010, and pledges to make its services accessible to all. Abellio has a ten year contract to run our trains and stations and so has no excuse not to make full access an urgent priority. Please sign our petition and support this local campaign. Thank you!

Mid & South Essex 'Success' Regime are planning to cut £400m funding to the local NHS under their 'Sustainability and Transformation Plan'. One of the options being considered is the closure of Basildon A&E department. This could mean having to travel to Southend or Broomfield for emergency treatment.

It would give billions back in to the health care

A lot has been said about the abuses of zero-hour contracts in the private sector but did you know that the NHS also uses them? The consequences are the same for hard-working employees doing vital jobs in our health service as they are for workers in shops and factories: Uncertainty from week to week around hours, income, shift patterns with an inability to plan holidays and time-off. It is very hard for staff in these positions to decline shifts, however unreasonable the timing, let alone complain as they risk the management regarding them as troublemakers. Bill* is a porter for an NHS trust working a zero-hour contract. He never knows more than a week in advance what his hours will be. When in work he often does 12 hour night shifts moving patients, sometimes when critically ill, to and from theatres, X-ray or even the morgue. He applied to have a week off 3 months in advance and was told to come back nearer the time, then when he did so he was told that he had been rostered for that week and had to take unpaid leave. Gordon* is another porter who, after 10 consecutive days of night shifts was required to take holiday to have a 2 day break. Eric* would like to visit his girlfriend's family overseas but cannot book a budget flight in advance as he is unable to be confident that he will get time off. Pete* missed a family wedding in a different part of the country when he was given only the day itself off and could not fit in the necessary travelling time. Without a guaranteed weekly income people on zero-hours contracts do not know how many hours they will be asked to work in a week which can result in periods with very low income making it difficult to support a family. Another problem that I am aware of is people being called in for very short shifts that can be as short as 2 hours – despite incurring the same travelling costs and time as a full shift. Some valuable and important workers in the NHS are employed on zero-hours contracts, porters for example, and that this can continue for multiple years. Although these roles are not glamorous they are essential for the efficient running of hospitals. Please sign my petition to speak up for these vital but exploited workers in the NHS. This should be a national policy covering all hospitals.

Children with autism are 7 times more likely to be excluded from school. They can be very vulnerable in incidents and often are unaware of potential dangers. As it is a spectrum some people with autism may find it more challenging to express themselves or be able to communicate their needs. It is important to get a standardised approach to raising awareness of autism to support people with autism and their families.

As the One Stop Shop provides access to more than 30 Council services and acts as an essential point of communication for our most vulnerable constituents to engage with council and Police liaison services since the closure of the local Police station. Centralising Social Work services would deal a heavy blow to the public who are already vulnerable who may not be able to travel to new accommodations via disability or lack of funds due to rising public transport costs.