Please help to save the public space on the South Bank. The controversial Garden Bridge is not needed here. Public money will be wasted for a project the campaign for which was never properly and openly conducted by the previous mayor. This will cost at least 60 million pounds in public money (cost estimates are rising all the time) and will ruin the currently beautiful views from Hungerford Bridge at Embankment towards St Paul's Cathedral. At least 30 beautiful mature trees along the South Bank Thames walkway will be cut down, and the present lovely long walkway, with its existing green open space, will be reduced.

The current 'austerity' policies are hurting only the poorest & most vulnerable people, whilst the wealthy have only gotten wealthier. This has led to the country being more divided than ever in recent years. The 'Brexit' vote is a prime example of this; where the disenfranchised voiced their feelings & now we need our Government to heal these wounds & bring us together, rather than promote further division. Disabled people are suffering particularly as a result of the cut-backs in public spending & we feel victimised. We have a right to try to lead as normal a life as possible & cutting benefits in what is one of the wealthiest nations on Earth is both unjustified & shameful. Many disabled people are genuinely frightened of where these policies might lead & what our future lives may be like. We've seen other people who claim benefits being used as a scapegoat in the media & we worry, 'are we next?'. We want assurances that this will not happen & that we will remain both valid & valued citizens. We hope & pray that these promises to halt these divisive & harmful policies are kept & that our worries are alleviated.

Leaving punishes hardworking people, Show there is humanity at the heart of Lush, more than just a bodyscrub, Stay and build a better Britain , contribute your taxes to the NHS We may vote to abandon Brexit , give us time to realise we have been fooled . The Brexiters are no longer in Power!

What has become clear from the Brexit campaign, is the bleakness of the divide between London and the rest of the country. Currently London holds every source of wealth and power in the country, as well as the natural advantages of position and climate. Seriously addressing the north/south divide requires more than moving the odd back office function - only a radical move of this magnitude stands any chance of acting as a catalyst to shift power away from the massively dominant south-eastern corner of the UK; regenerating and re-enfranchising the North. From a practical point of view, at a time when the existing parliament buildings are becoming extortionately expensive to maintain, renovating existing buildings in a northern city would be relatively affordable; MPs expense claims would be reduced and MPs would more readily grasp the reality of life outside the London bubble. Time honoured traditions could be maintained, but with a fresh impetus and relevance for people outside the capital. I am a Londoner, I love London and have no wish to live anywhere else; but I understand London has enough going for it to flourish without parliament - in fact, could well benefit from losing it. There is no question for me that the country as a whole would benefit from the move.

Nigel Farage has been an MEP since 1999 and despite his loathing of it, he has been happily pocketing the £84,000 annual salary. His record of attendance would see most children thrown out of school as he skives most sessions and is currently ranked 746th out of 751 MEP's when it comes to voting on any legislation. He has been fundamental in the UK voting for Brexit, however despite this he is still going to claim his salary for the next two years (in addition to all the expenses that accompany the position). As an MEP he will also be entitled to a monthly "pension" of £5,400 for life which is a waste of tax payers money from whichever country it has come from.

The country, and the people of Kingswood, recently voted for a shake up of British politics. Citizens of Kingswood feel underrepresented by the political system in the United Kingdom. Mixed-member proportional representation, as used in the devolved assemblies of Scotland, Wales and London, ensures that the views and concerns of all citizens in each constituency are better represented at a national level. At the 2015 general election 24,873 voters in Kingswood, 51.7% of the voting public, saw their votes count for nothing. Their votes for Labour, UKIP, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, the BNP, TUSC and Vapers In Power did not contribute to the election of a single MP in Westminster. Their voices have effectively been silenced. The story is the same all over the country. UKIP received nearly 4 million votes and only 1 seat, the Greens received over 1 million votes and also only 1 seat. The result of the 2015 election was arguably the least representative in modern history, leaving voters powerless and disillusioned. This is not democracy. We, the people of Kingswood, urge you to represent our wishes and take every opportunity to back mixed-member proportional representation in your role as our MP.

In the light of the recently published Chilcot report on the lead up to and subsequent execution of the Iraq war, it has become clear the incident relating to the death of Dr David Kelly is fundamental to the events leading up to the decision to invade. Dr David Kelly had grave concerns with the evidence used in justification of the war. Jack Straw the foreign secretary at the time belittled both him and his concerns about “sexing up” the government dossier promoting the war. Dr Kellys subsequent suicide left many questions unanswered and conclusions drawn after the Hutton enquiry are less than satisfactory. I believe the events leading up to and following the death of Dr Kelly should be reinvestigated and all files relating to this should be made public.

On 23rd June 2016, the Office for National Statistics released distressing data, which shows an increase in death rates of 9% (that's 52,400 people) in England and Wales between June 2014 and June 2015 when compared with data from the previous year. This rise is unprecedented. Never before have we failed our sick and elderly populations to such a degree. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) published the data in an article on 6th July, stating that austerity and economic inequality played a "major role" in this increase. There are now millions fewer social care visits to the elderly per year since Osborne assumed office in 2010 and Jeremy Hunt in 2012. These care packages were seen as playing a vital role in the early identification and treatment of the deterioration in a person’s health and well-being. Public Health England stated that they are observing rapidly increasing mortality rates in the over 75s. These rates are particularly high in “spearhead areas”, which are some of the poorest parts of the country. The BMJ have stated that members of the public with long term health needs such as dementia and other disabilities are suffering the most. Often these are the people among us without a voice. Be their voice and sign this petition to hold Jeremy Hunt and George Osborne accountable for causing the premature deaths of these 52,400 people by inflicting vile austerity measures upon public health services against the wishes of the majority of the British public who value our national health service. We are also calling for a public review of the health budget cuts and privatisation deals that have been and are being negotiated and agreed upon on our behalf. The NHS belongs to us, the responsibility to save it is ours.

For all those soldiers that lost their lives

Considering that only 72% of the U.K. Population voted in the recent EU referendum and that many voters seemed to have not realised what they may have been voting for it is now time to offer pupils at secondary schools an education in politics. This subject is vitally important to not only empower people to exercise their right to vote but to also encourage younger people to engage in a democratic process that affects their lives in so many ways. A career in politics seems to be exclusive to those who have received a university education and this will further exclude those from less privileged backgrounds. If we do not teach the next generation about the value of politics then we are faced with a narrow minority of our population affecting the day to day lives of the inhabitants of this country furthering the political divide we already have. Vote for politics in all schools!

Iraq is now a failed state and home to terrorist groups such as Islamic State. There is great intolerance between shi'ite and sunni communities which did not exist before the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Many British and American servicemen lost their lives and millions of civilians have been killed,displaced or orphaned.

Because the UK must now to take steps to begin to function as a sovereign country independent from the European Union, it is only democratic that the people of Britain are given the chance to elect a party who they believe are best suited to run the country following the Brexit vote. The state of the country has changed vastly since the last election and many would agree that a conservative government are not desirable in a post-Brexit Britain. The people must seize back the power by voting in a new election for the government in which they now have confidence.