By September 2025, most working families with children under the age of 5 will be entitled to 30 hours of childcare support from the Government, which is vital support when the average nursery place is an unaffordable £14,000 per year.  But thousands of children are locked out of most of this support right now - forcing parents to give up work, denying children vital opportunities to develop and pushing families into poverty - all because of their parents’ immigration status. Even if children are British citizens, they are still locked out - it’s completely unfair. This Government are stopping parents from standing on their own two feet by depriving them of access to vital services, leaving families struggling even more during the cost-of-living crisis. Every child, no matter their race, class or immigration status, has the right to a fair start in life. Yasmin’s story -  Yasmin’s first-born son didn’t get the chance to go to nursery because of nothing more than the fine print on her visa. The Government’s exclusionary rules locked Yasmin and her son out of this support. However, her daughter did get the chance because by the time she was old enough, Yasmin could benefit from government support with the costs.  The impacts on her son have been long-lasting. His teachers have told Yasmin how he struggles more to make friends and interact with his peers than her daughter because he was robbed of this vital early years support. No child should be deprived of opportunities that are so important to their start in life, and no family should be forced into poverty because of government action.

Every day there's another 'accident' on our railways. How many of these 'accidents' are suicides??? Is the news about all the suicides happening daily (as a result of the DWP's staff and assessors happy sadism towards human beings), being deliberately kept quiet to hide these suicides? Only this week, it was reported on the news of a Policeman being killed on Britain's rail lines. The side text was he was helping a man - in distress! The Conservative Government's policy on the disabled is to starve them to death with their 'Albiet Mach Frei' policy, a policy that has been condemned by the United Nations, and the Conservative government has refused to attend a meeting with the United Nations UNHCR this month to respond to the United Nations investigators report of continuous violations of the sick and disabled people of the UK by the Conservative government's continuous violations of International Human Rights laws that protect violations against sick and disabled people! The Conservative Party aren't going to change their policy and are trying to hide the evidence (figures) of the deaths the DWP has caused; Rumoured to be in the region of approximately 154,000 people! Our fellow British citizens! Labour, if elected must stop the killing and stop the assessments, the harassment of sick and disabled people! And it won't happen with Liz Kendall, who has continuously defended the Tories welfare reforms! This country has HAD ENOUGH of this callousness and we do not want it continued under a Tory lite agenda under Starmer or Kendall. This country, its people are ENTITLED to a different form of politics other than the cruelty of Conservative cruel ideology!

Lots of buildings in the 1960’s were built using RAAC concrete, commonly referred to as “crumbling concrete”. It has also been nicknamed Aero Bar, after the chocolate bar that contains pockets of air. Experts say its lifespan is only around 30 to 40 years. Buildings should have been repaired or replaced, but a succession of Prime Ministers have passed the buck or refused to fix the problem. More than a 100 schools have been forced to shut because of safety concerns. And it could get worse with fears that as more of this weak concrete is discovered it could lead to closures of courts, police stations and even hospitals. Rishi Sunak says he’s not to blame and the Government is failing to grasp the magnitude of the problem of unsafe concrete in the UK’s public buildings. The Government to stop passing the buck and get to work and solve the concrete crisis.

Cafe Joseph has become the heart of the local community. For parents of children at the school next door, Cafe Joseph is a place to meet and support each other. For the adults with disabilities living in the home around the corner, Cafe Joseph is one of the few places where they can go out and feel welcome and accepted. For people who are struggling with challenges in their life including mental health struggles, unemployment and bereavement, Cafe Joseph is somewhere they can find love and support. For the church members who come in after mass, Cafe Joseph a chance to socialise and meet new people. We have shared our stories and craft projects, and enjoyed discussions about our faith. Cafe Joseph offered a warm space and a hot meal for people struggling with the cost of living crisis through the winter. The staff have provided training and work experience for young people, enabling them to pursue careers in hospitality industry. The Kidzone mornings have provided fun and games for children during the holidays, allowing them to play safely with their friends and enjoy a warm meal. At Cafe Joseph, we have shared the good times and the bad, and wonderful coffee and cakes. The customers and staff have become our family, and it is a vital part of the community and our lives. Cafe Joseph really is “No Ordinary Church Cafe”!

Parents are scrambling to arrange childcare after schools have been forced to shut because of safety concerns that they could collapse. All because a bubbly, unsafe concrete called RAAC was used to build them in the 1960s. And that's just the tip of the iceberg because hospitals and more public buildings across the UK used the same materials. The Government is being called out for their incompetence and has already committed to paying for remedial damage because of the outrage. But this is not good enough. The Government needs to check all public buildings NOW to make sure they were built safely BEFORE any accidents happen.

There have been many mums wo have said their child nearly choked on the caps or the ends of the feeding equipment. This is important for our children and now a little girl is fighting for her life in hospital due to choking on cap of one of the giving sets. Please, everyone needs to sign this and get this equipment made safe!! This could save many children. We can't have any more little ones in danger - theses are dangerous and need removing or made safer to protect our children who need the feeding equipment.

To stop ordinary people with solar panels being cheated.

It's important because there are a lot of families displaced or living far from where they work because they can't afford housing in popular tourist areas which are also their home villages and where their families live

It is unfair that money is collected under this basis given the fact that all revenue goes into the BBC's pocket. The law need to state: 1. The conditions of a TV license state that you must have a license if you watch "any" live channels, therefore, any money collected is distributed to all live broadcasters and not solely the BBC. 2. Should the license fee apply to live BBC programmes only, then the consumer should be given the option to delete said channels from their device should they not intend to watch them. Although the BBC do create some very good content, the consumer should have the option as to whether they want to pay to access it. I.e. via purchasing a TV license. It is unfair to be forced into paying for something that you do not use. People are very aware of the bully tactics used to collect, and this must stop.

I travel regularly and won’t be able to if they close the ticket offices. This is a discrimination against elderly and disabled people

If anybody wishes to cross the road they have to be able to judge the speed of any oncoming vehicles, if they cannot then it`s a matter of luck if they make it to the other side, that`s a hard way to learn if you get it wrong!

It is important that excess solar power is saved and used at peak usage time because peak periods at the moment have to be covered by burning fossil fuels; a battery will help to smooth out production with demand. But it is impossible to know how much of their own solar power generated consumers will actually use until the panels have been operational for a while, and many will not be able to afford to install both at the same time. So more often than not these two installations will be completed separately. It is ridiculous therefore that 20%VAT is payable on the battery installation when it is done alone! Individual solar battery installation should be zero rated like most other “green” installations!