Schools were best served by local councils sharing knowledge and skills and planning amongst all it's schools. Now it is fragmented and Trust run schools have different agendas. It is a form of privatisation with Trust boards paying themselves huge amounts of money with little care for the children other than how well they perform in tests. Many children are excluded because they do not meet the "Academic Criteria" Local accountability is the greatest asset in improving schools outcomes, and I don't mean tests, I mean fulfilment and happiness. Local councils have always done a good job and are able to share resources and skills across the whole area, planning for increases in demographics, population etc. They had local inspectors who knew the area, the schools and the head teachers. They could spot problems and recognise excellence very quickly.

Beachy Head is not theirs to sell, it is part of our National Heritage and should not be sold off. Selling it into private hands puts us all in danger of loosing something that belongs to the whole nation. They talk about giving the farmers security, when they are taking away the security of people who live in council accommodation, backing businesses that keep people on minimum wage on zero hour contracts,so that they don't even know what they will be earning each week.It,s just another short term fix, like selling the woods and forests to raise money to plug the gaps that they have created themselves. Even if I cant walk on this land I want the possibility to be there for my children and grandchildren, if it is sold it; gone forever.

I had bacterial meningitis when I was 22. I was fortunate to survive. Meningitis & Septicaemia is the biggest killer of under 5 year olds. There is a vaccine to prevent this but parents have to pay for it. Too many children are needlessly dying because the Department of Health has not funded a thorough enough vaccination programme. They and the Government, our employees, need to hear our collective voice and demand this free vaccination

George, real people are struggling to deal with the effects of fracking in communities all over the world. From contaminated water that is unsafe to drink, wash and bathe in, through to the effects of poor air quality on health, damage to local economies through to the loss of tourism and agriculture and the decimation of areas of outstanding beauty and scientific interest. Here is a video link you might care to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3K0kV7UcME. Fracking requires large numbers of wells (usually 8 per square mile), huge quantities of water that will be forever poisoned, and industrial development of the English countryside on an unprecedented scale whilst causing and not preventing a rise in greenhouse gases (shale gas and oil are fossil fuels and so emit greenhouse gases - did you know?). George you have scrapped the Green Charter at a time when many of our European cousins are investing heavily in green technologies, making huge innovative strides in solar and other renewable technology and banning fracking because of its inherent risks and dangers. Still more countries have extended temporary bans due to their concerns, to allow more time to thoroughly assess the dangers. Others that have already suffered the negative consequences of fracking are now taking measures to prevent further fracking. Oh and by the way - I can see no evidence that fracking will drive prices down at home here in the UK. There is no guarantee that gas fracked in this country would be used here. We, as you well know, are part of a free market economy so gas will be sold wherever it will generate the largest profits. Those profits will go back to the corporates and their shareholders, not our economy unless, of course, we manage to close all those pesky off shore loop holes by the time those profits are made (Starbucks anyone?). Meanwhile with oil prices scraping the bottom of the proverbial barrel and the price of solar electricity falling fast, the likes of Citibank say big power stations could be redundant in 10 - 20 years’ time! What then will happen to the wells George? Who will be responsible for their upkeep and/or decommissioning and at what cost environmentally and economically?. Where will the contaminated water go? Perhaps you are hoping it will just seep neatly away into the cracks caused by fracking (along with the other 60% of water that 'goes missing' during the fracking process), that is assuming that the wells are even up and running by this deadline. Me? I like my water fresh from the tap, preferably uncontaminated. Fracking has the very real potential to adversely affect the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe and the ground we walk on (remember the earthquakes George, that Cuadrilla admitted to causing?). Therefore we, the undersigned, request an immediate cessation to this Government's pro-fracking policies and any pro-fracking activity currently taking place until a thorough INDEPENDENT, cross party, scientific analysis and review has taken place with any research and conclusions reached made transparent and fully available to the public. We thank you for your earliest attention in this matter.

The use of air fresheners in public spaces has become increasingly widespread. The health of the general public has been overlooked and it has become almost impossible to avoid contact with air fresheners and indoor pollutants as we go about our daily lives. Air fresheners have a detrimental affect on health, particularly on those suffering from migraine, asthma, respiratory problems and allergy. Around 5.4 million people in the UK are currently receiving treatment for asthma including 1.1 million children. Please join this campaign to help improve public awareness and urge the UK government, local councils and businesses to take action to safeguard public health.

Air pollution is a dangerously under-reported health issue in Bristol. Levels of air pollution in our city are in breach of EU law, and a recent report has found that hospital admissions and deaths from particulate pollution are on the rise. This is unacceptable for a city that carries the title of European Green Capital. At the moment, the mere acting of walking around on the streets of Bristol is slowly killing you. The council needs to be doing more to both rectify this problem and educate people about it. https://thebristolcable.org/2016/02/air-pollution-kills-hundreds-of-bristolians-every-year-whats-being-done-about-it/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35629034 https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/every-breath-we-take-lifelong-impact-air-pollution

The track is dangerous for anything with wheels. I drive a three wheel mobility scooter and have almost tipped over on more than one occasion using this track. Some bits from Russel Street to the bridge have been filled but the most dangerous part still needs doing from the bridge to the cycle track

In the past, whenever there have been protections for disabled people they have been implied and found to be able to be "short-circuited". The disabled people of the United Kingdom need to be sure of their protection against abuses of the State and its Agents or Contractors, but no longer to be considered as an implicit part of any decision as we can never be truly equal no matter how hard we try or how much society adapts to our existence. Express Affirmative Protection is absolutely vital!

If you cut funding, the number of pharmacy will be reduced by between 1000 - 3000, this will in turn transfer their workload onto the remaining pharmacies, GP, Walk-in and Urgent Care Centres and A&E departments.The cuts will affect all pharmacies and damage the pharmacy network and all other frontline services providing patient care. It would benefit all frontline services if a National Minor Ailment Scheme (Pharmacy First Scheme) were introduced to move patients with minor ailments from GPs, Walk-in and Urgent Care Centres and A&E departments into pharmacies and provides cost savings far greater than £170 million.

Last year, the NHS Professionals department (the NHS internal recruitment agency) actually made a profit of 8 million pounds. No sooner is this information available than internal sources confirm a privatisation deal is in the works. (See link at the end) This is a scandalous betrayal of the Health Service, on a par with the deliberate alienation of nurses and junior doctors. (It's worth mentioning that the only reason a department of the NHS can generate a profit is because of the "internal market" system that exists in NHS England - essentially, it's Mum paying Dad to cut the grass, then Dad paying Mum to make dinner: it's a wasteful circle of money that exists only as a precursor to back-door privatisation) Our public money should remain in public services, not go to the cosy friends and relatives of government ministers through privatisation deals. It's our money. It's our service. It's our say. And we say enough is enough. https://www.rt.com/uk/333270-nhs-professionals-privatized-deloitte/

Books that you have read, books that seem too old but tell our history, books that you think the next generations should read, why should we keep them isolated from the world? Why not share them with everyone?! In this technological era where everything is moving so fast, where social networks command our daily life, a book can save us and make us comeback to our roots and untangle who we are. This is why this campaign is so important; to have the liberty to read a book that can remind us that there are stories that cannot be forgotten because they represent a part of ourselves.

I suffer from a long lists of medical conditions of which I suffer daily chronic pain. This limits my ability to get out at times. Having a dog for support and emotional comfort has at times been the 1 thing that has kept me going. It has been proven that a pet can be of enormous benefit to someone's well being. Also it can make that person go out as they have to consider their pets well being as well.