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Stop McDonald's reopening during the coronavirus outbreakMcDonald's should be adhering to the lockdown rules and setting an example. They are pressuring employees to come back to work and potentially infect their own families, some of whom will be vulnerable or high risk.29 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Deli Clare
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Introduce a full city wide smoke control area in Brighton to protect residents from harmful smoke38% of all particulate emissions are from burning wood and coal in stoves and open fires in people's homes. In Brighton it is legal to burn coal and wood in the most polluting of ways as there is only a very small (5%) smoke control area. Particulate pollution is a risk to health in Brighton as it regularly exceeds WHO 24 hour PM2.5 health guideline levels and often it is wood and coal burning that are to blame. I ask you to kindly support me in my request asking Brighton and Hove Council to bring in this standard regulation to prevent this most polluting form of fuel burning and improve the health of its residents. Smoke Control Areas (SCA) are used in cities and towns to regulate in which areas residents are allowed to burn coal, wood in open fires, wood in non exempt stoves and other requirements intended to reduce pollution from burning solid fuel. PM2.5 pollution is lower in cities that have a full Smoke Control Area. https://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h2757/rr-1 The government is in the process of strengthening the regulations surrounding SCAs with the intention to improve air quality but in Brighton that regulation cannot be acted upon due to there not being a full, city wide, SCA in place. Please share and sign this local campaign to improve the air quality in Brighton.17 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Adrian Hill
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Consider a burning ban during the pandemichttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/07/air-pollution-linked-to-far-higher-covid-19-death-rates-study-finds PM2.5, the main pollutant when burning these fuels, has increased in some parts of the country due to people staying at home more and lighting more fires. The increase is likely to be seen more in residential areas where we now spend most of our time. This could increase further during the winter if there is a second wave of the virus. Wood and coal burning are the largest sources of PM2.5 in normal times. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/24/coronavirus-detected-particles-air-pollution A number of studies link PM2.5 to a reduced immune response to viral infections and even increase the transmission of viral infections as well as reducing respiratory health; a temporary ban could be very important in slowing the effects of this awful virus. Even if just as a precaution, can we please consider temporarily banning burning of anything non essential that may lead to an increase PM2.5 levels Links 'How Air Pollution Makes The Coronavirus So Much More Dangerous Breathing dirty air damages our health and can create underlying conditions that dramatically elevate the risk of complications and death from COVID-19.' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/20/air-pollution-may-be-key-contributor-to-covid-19-deaths-study https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/air-pollution-coronavirus-health_n_5e833c50c5b62dd9f5d5f50d 'Lockdown eases seasonal smog - but wood fires and farming continue to cause pollution...A study of the Sars epidemic in China suggested that infected people were more likely to die if their area had poor-quality air.' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/02/lockdown-eases-seasonal-smog-pollution 'Air pollutants, especially PM2.5, PM10 ... can increase the risk of influenza like illnesses' https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-019-7607-2 https://twitter.com/atreeon/status/124562689920991641916 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Adrian Hill
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Give the other key workers a shout not just nhsThis is important because everyone is only really realising that the nhs do all the work whereas engineers, delivery drivers , cashiers , people Who stack shelves and even food suppliers are risking their lives as many people are personally I do not think it is fair5 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Hannah Donnelly
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Save B&M and also the car parkThe reason why B&M is very important to Clevedon and also the car park is that a lot of people use them. If we lose the car park it will be a great big loss there is limited parking around the area as it is and also so we need B&M they sell a lot of things that we need without this store would have to go to either Weston or Bristol so we must try and save B&M and the car park and also we must save being m staff from losing their jobs440 of 500 SignaturesCreated by Lorraine Robinson
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STOP charging on Visa's for our immigrant NHS staff.Please sign this partition to bring to an end this outrageous tax on vulnerable hospital workers. Boris Johnson backed the treatment he received when he contracted coronavirus and the staff who rigorously watched over him whilst he was in intensive care, let him now abandon this ridiculous tax and support our NHS staff 100%.14 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Mike Holdaway
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Let's go nuclear on health service investmentIf you have to ask this question you're probably part of the problem, and won't see the solution. How can it be sensible to continue to invest our 'public tax trillions' into something which can only end humanity, when we could invest in something that we've all now realised is actually our first and last line of defence against a threat which is real and likely to come back bigger and badder in the future?24 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Paul Taylor
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Micro/Small manufacturing businesses - Please help! They feel abandonedThis company is between a rock and a hard place at present due to Covid 19. They cannot work as they are, indefinitely without help, but can't lockdown completely as they are part of a key industry for medical machines. Unfortunately, this area of the customer base is not enough to cover monthly overheads. The company does not want to let these customers down or the recipients of these invaluable machines but this is not sustainable. They need help, not only to keep going though this but to still be a functional company after, when they will be a part of rebuilding the economy of the businesses that rely on them.60 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Claire James
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Death in serviceThis is important as like the soldier fighting a war so are the NHS AND CARE STAFF only the enamy the Health workers are facing are invisable to the naked eye.4 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Mark Liebenberg
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Prevent coronavirus support for companies based in tax havensCompanies that headquarter themselves in tax havens choose to do so to avoid paying UK corporation tax and should not therefore be able to benefit from taxpayer funded state support, the bill for which will ultimately be paid for by everyone in the UK who does pay tax. Allowing such companies to access coronavirus financial support is like allowing uninsured drivers to claim for accident damage – it clearly doesn’t make sense.97 of 100 SignaturesCreated by David Gynn
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Ban Tax Haven CompaniesAny company that is not registered in the United Kingdom for Tax purposes and doesn't contribute their fair share should under no circumstances receive Government bailout money.64 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Simon Clark
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RyanAir Refunds NOT VouchersThey originally offered people with cancelled flights a "refund". They then emailed to say it would take a while due to high demand. They are now trying to instate a "voucher" system rather than their promised refund. Refuse the voucher, demand your refund.72 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Terry Maxwell
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