How a child looks is important to them, especially during the teenage years. Some children are already very distressed by the new uniform they are expected to wear and this may negatively impact on their self image and mental health. It will make them stand out when outside of school in the surrounding town, in a way that the current uniform does not.

We urge a huge expansion of the Housing First solution that has proved successful in Finland to house people. This is a once in a generation opportunity to tackle the shame of rough sleeping in the 6th richest country in the world. We call on the government to provide to additional resources for support needs and for additional affordable housing to achieve this and we call on the council to work creatively with government, business and community to use the resources available to ensure offers of long term accommodation to all the rough sleepers currently in hotel and student accommodation” We the undersigned welcome that councils have offered accommodation to all rough sleepers (without conditions) in the pandemic and further welcome the commitment of the Housing committees on preventing a return to the streets and to explore ways of continuing the unconditional offer of shelter for all rough sleepers that is currently available. Housing is a basic right

The misery caused to individuals and their families has been devastating. The BBC film 'Sitting in Limbo' documents just one case but 1275 people have applied to the Windrush Compensation scheme. Fourteen months later, only 60 have received any compensation. If Priti Patel is 'truly sorry' can she commit to dealing with all these claims within six months?. The claimants have had their lives torn up; they have lost their jobs and access to healthcare and benefits to which they were entitled. it is time the government did more than apologise. They should show urgency in putting right what has gone so shamefully wrong. 83 people wrongfully deported are still awaiting the right to return to the UK. 13 have died while waiting.

The delays in decision making mean that teachers are in the dark about how best to proceed with the new exam course.

Because the government have locked us down, preventing people from earning money, getting people laid off from their jobs, shut down businesses causing many people to go into poverty and depression due to worrying how they will continue to pay there mortgages/rent/bills and how they will afford to eat and yet we are still expected to pay full council tax costs each month which are high and unaffordable for many people at the moment. The government should help people out by cancelling this until lockdown is fully over and they should be more sympathetic to the stress we are all under in these worrying times.

Lulsgate Bottom was never meant to be eaten by an airport. In the second world war 14 acres was used by the RAF as an emergency landing field. In 1955 Bristol Corporation bought the field and it began to sprawl. The airport’s boom into a site of major ecological destruction began with privatisation in 1997. Since then passenger numbers have quadrupled from 2 million a year to 8.6 million a year [1] and the airport’s greenhouse gas emissions have skyrocketed to 746 kilotonnes CO2e in 2017. [2] This compares to emissions of 1149 kt CO2e from the entire North Somerset local authority in 2015. [3] Bristol Airport butts up against Goblin Combe Nature Reserve, a site of Natural Conservation Importance and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. [4] If Bristol Airport was rewilded it would triple the size of the nature reserve. With only three flights a week currently departing Bristol Airport, now is a unique opportunity to give this land back to nature. The government’s feeble attempt to deal with the crisis faced by the aviation industry consists of handouts to big corporations and does nothing to protect workers’ livelihoods. [5] Rather than letting workers bear the costs of the collapse of the aviation sector, the government needs to halt redundancies by immediately offering Bristol Airport workers redeployment on their current terms and conditions to green jobs in North Somerset. Restoring our ecosystems will need all hands on deck. This wouldn’t be the first time an airport has been successfully rewilded. Berlin’s former Tempelhof Airport is now a public park, home to rare nesting birds, 112 spider species and 68 beetle species. [6] The closure of Bristol Airport shouldn’t leave Bristolians less connected. The government’s nationalisation of the rail network to deal with the pandemic is an opportunity to lower costs and improve connections. Direct trains from Bristol to Scotland need to be priced as cheaply as budget airfares. New timetables and discounted fares need to connect trains from Temple Meads with Eurostar trains to Brussels and Paris. Trains from Bristol must integrate with ferries from Fishguard to Ireland and Plymouth to Spain. Airport workers who wish to continue their career in international transport should be offered roles in these improved routes. [1] UK Civil Aviation Authority via Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Airport#cite_note-87 [2] Adrian Gibbs, ‘Just plane wrong: Bristol Airport’s expansion plan’: https://www.isonomia.co.uk/just-plane-wrong-bristol-airports-expansion-application/ [3] North Somerset Council, ‘Local Climate Commitment 2018’: https://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Climate-Local-Commitment-refresh-2018.pdf [4] Avon Wildlife Trust, ‘Goblin Combe’: https://www.avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/goblin-combe [5] New Economics Foundation, ‘Crisis support to aviation and the right to retrain’: https://neweconomics.org/2020/06/crisis-support-to-aviation-and-the-right-to-retrain [6] The Guardian, ‘How Berliners refused to give Tempelhof Airport over to developers’: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/mar/05/how-berliners-refused-to-give-tempelhof-airport-over-to-developers

Recent events have made people more aware of our history and what figures we honour and celebrate with statues and monuments. Shirley Bassey is someone who came from humble beginnings in the old Tiger Bay of Cardiff who went on to achieve great success while still remembering her Cardiff/Welsh roots. Something permanent in the Welsh capital in honour of her would be a refreshing addition to the usual monuments and statues that we see of male aristocrats and landowners.

Captain Cook symbolises racial oppression and violence. James Cook invaded Australia just over 250 years ago. He shot the first Indigenous person who showed any sign of resistance and then claimed possession over the entire nation even though it clearly belonged to the people already there. Under James Cook's leadership, Australia was declared uninhabited because they did not view Indigenous people as humans. Therefore, murdering, enslaving and raping Indigenous people was legal under Australian law. What followed was over 250 years of genocidal activities and policies based on that murdered, enslaved and oppressed thousands of women, men and children. What James Cook did in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and others should be condemned in our history so that we can begin to heal from our shameful past. Cook should no longer be celebrated with a prominent statue. [1] - https://www.sbs.com.au/news/anti-racism-activists-in-the-uk-are-targeting-murderer-captain-cook-statues [2] - https://www.toppletheracists.org/ [3] - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/magazine/how-to-pull-down-a-statue.html

My 12 year old son mentioned this to me, where I thought it was a wonderful idea to put forward to replace a negative part of history, with a positive piece of history. He initially thought of Rosa Parks but we looked for British inspirational people.

Remove and take down the Statue of Nancy Astor in Plymouth. She was Anti-Catholic, Anti-Semitic and a Nazi sympathiser. Her statue remains to celebrate racism and slavery. It needs to be taken down and is featured on a 'Statue Hit-List' according to this post by the telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/09/protesters-draw-statues-hit-list-toppling-colston-memorial/ Nancy Astor was famous for being the first woman to take a seat in parliament, but she was not the first woman to have won a seat. Revolutionary suffragist, Constance Markievicz was elected to the House of Commons earlier in 1918, but the Irishwoman refused to take the oath to the crown. A further troubling aspect of Nancy's character was that her time was rife with bigotry, yet she stood out amongst bigots. Her are some of her quotes: Nancy Astor to MP Alan Graham in 1938: "Only a Jew like you would dare to be rude to me." To James McDonald in 1934 at a Jewish charity dinner at the Savoy Hotel in London: “Did I not after all believe there must be something in the Jews themselves that had bought them persecution throughout all the ages. Was it not therefore, in the final analysis, their responsibility?" Nancy also reportedly told an African-American church that they should be grateful for slavery because it had allowed them to be introduced to Christianity, while in Rhodesia she proudly told the white minority government leaders that she was the daughter of a slave owner." Please support this petition to support equality and promote the values we have today rather than the ignorance, bigotry and racism of the past. Thank you.

London is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world. According to ‘Trust for London’, 41% of Londoners are from BAME backgrounds In 2020, London’s population is estimated at 9.3 million people. London is the most diverse area within the U.K. when it comes to religious beliefs with the highest percentage of people identifying as Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or Jewish. LBC is a popular radio station with 2.78m listeners. This is their current presenter lineup: https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/

Studies show that maintaining family ties Is vital to rehabilitation and reduces re offending! How is keeping inmates away from families doing this!? My son is 19 years old and in a hmp&yoi with no signs of video calls happening anytime soon and I’ve not seen him for 14 long weeks. Being in prison is the punishment they do not deserve a further one Others are in the same situation and need to see loved 1s it’s affecting inmates mental heath and their family’s.