Tesco have been caught out and then admitted to delaying payments to suppliers to improve its own financial position. Despite bringing financial misery to the owners, the threat of bankruptcy and job losses to some of their smaller suppliers, Tesco's have not offered them any direct apologies, financial recompense and to top it all, they also have avoided any fines by the Grocery Code Adjudicator. Whilst recognising that Tesco claims to have changed these unfair practises towards suppliers they have done nothing in attempting to make good the damage they have done.

The NHS has always been free at the point of delivery - that's one of the principles on which it was created (see: fatpod.org). Millions of ordinary people rely on this principle. I was lucky enough to know my great-grandmother, who raised her family of 5 before the NHS existed. She told me of family meetings, when someone was ill, to decide which meals would be skipped in order to be able to pay for them to see a doctor. We cannot allow government to re-create a "pre-NHS" society by charging directly for NHS services or demanding private insurance policies for healthcare (which would only benefit insurance companies). We already have insurance for free-at-the-point-of-delivery healthcare - it's called National Insurance (NI), to which we all contribute when we can. Individuals should not be penalised financially for being ill and needing NHS services. The website fatpod.org is dedicated to keeping the National Health Service "FATPOD" - Free At The Point Of Delivery. You can find more information there.

As of January 2016 the V&A Museum will stop employing new museum staff directly. All new staff (from Gallery Assistants to Curators) will now be employed through the museum’s own trading company V&A Enterprises Ltd. This ‘in-house’ backdoor privatisation is presented by the museum as a cost saving exercise and a consequence of declining budgets. Their savings will in effect be made by removing access for new staff to the Civil Service Pensions and Compensation Schemes as well as employing new starters on reduced terms & conditions (maternity & sick pay are especially affected), and preventing new staff’s access to union recognition and collective bargaining. The trade unions currently recognised by the V&A are: PCS, Prospect, & FDA. PCS created this petition. Although the museum has committed to ‘review’ future union recognition in the Enterprises company; so far management have consistently refused to enter into negotiations with the unions over this matter, arguing that only new employees would be affected, not existing members of staff. However, this decision can only lead to a two-tier workforce, exacerbating inequalities between V&A staff and before long undermining the rights of the current workforce.

Our children are becoming increasingly unwell physically, mentally and emotionally and are in dire need of adequate education in this area. If we want to prosper as a nation, we have to make learning about personal, social and environmental well-being as important as learning to read and write. Only healthy people can create a healthy nation and our children are the leaders and positive change-makers of tomorrow.

Because dental health is important. People need to have the same basic rights as those who can pay

The language appeals to xenophobes and irrational nationalists. The city of Brussels is itself not politically involved. The BBC should set the standard and not seek to inflame opinion by giving the false impression that another country is passing laws above our own. They are passed by something we are members of which seeks to establish common democratic standards. This is not a minor grammatical mistake, it is part of a systematic bias, a poor habit and poor journalism.

Often, in various store or private car parks in Greenock / Inverclyde, where there are insufficient 'blue badge' parking bays anyway, there are no disabled parking bays left for disabled drivers due to them being used by drivers not displaying a 'blue badge' who deliberately ignore the signs! I am disabled with a 'blue badge' and often have to walk long distances to the stores' entrance because of this!

This would be a far fairer system and would add millions/trillions to the government coffers.

With the latest round of funding cuts, comes the threat by Wirral Council to decommission a vital health service that works with vulnerable and hidden diverse communities, the BME Health Improvement Service. The service was commissioned by Public Health in 2013 to respond to the issue of poor uptake and representation of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in mainstream health improvement services, despite BME communities having disproportionate levels of ill health compared to the general population. If the service is decommissioned the Council will breach it’s Public Sector Equality Duty (section 149 of the Equality Act 2010) and fail to meet the diverse needs of BME communities and fail to address the issue of disproportionately low participation in mainstream services. The service has been a hugely successful one, overachieving in its reach to Wirral’s diverse communities and positive health improvement outcomes for those accessing the service. The project has; engaged with 2,402 BME residents via health campaigns, provided level 1 health intervention (brief advice and signposting) to 1,286 and level 2 health intervention (reported health improvement and referral to specialist service) to 640 BME residents. 83% of interventions resulted in improved health and wellbeing via EQ5D and sWEMWBS (Public Health endorsed tools to measure health outcomes). The project engages with new BME residents year on year and there is need now more than ever for such a service with the new influx of communities arriving in Wirral, including refugee and asylum communities, which the Council has a duty to support. Local BME charities see over 4000 new BME residents a year. BME communities are faced with multiple barriers which prevent them from accessing services, including; language, culture, unawareness of their rights and entitlements and what services are available locally. A ‘one size fits all’ service fails to meet the needs of vulnerable and diverse communities and will result in BME residents’ health deteriorating, an increase in undiagnosed health issues and it will ultimately cost the NHS more when these BME residents present at crisis point within NHS hospital services. #WirralBMEhealthinequalities #BMEcommunitiesmatter

As reported by the BBC, The Times, The retail Gazette, This is Money and other media outlets, Holland & Barrett have recently demanded a 5% cost reduction from all of its suppliers: Holland & Barrett accused of squeezing suppliers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35347578 Holland & Barrett attempts to “smash-and-grab” from suppliers http://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2016/01/holland-and-barrett-attempts-to-smash-and-grab-from-suppliers Most of Holland & Barrett's suppliers are new companies starting out or small companies and this is a typical case of a large corporate bullying small businesses. While portraying a friendly face to the public, it appears that Holland & Barrett are using their position to unfairly request that suppliers lower their prices and also foot the bill for a £3m investment in security tagging and high definition CCTV for its stores. Despite making £146m in profit last year, the Health giant is squeeing it's suppliers dry. As the public we want to see small businesses supported and large corporates that are in positions of power, to act in a fair manner.

This is so important.. how can a child custody case be judged honesty and truthfully if one or both parents cannot afford representation. .. it means that the parent who CAN afford a lawyer has an advantage over the other, as he or she will not know the law as well as a lawyer. This means that the child's welfare is NOT being judged fairly

Swimming is one of the top attractions at any Olympics Previous trials have been filmed, including heats Maintaining a legacy comes with participation Televising the trials is a perfect way for the public to see the talent before Rio Inspires future talent Team GB finished 5th at the Kazan World Championships with 7 Golds