• Banks
    Too many banks are closing and for the elderly and disabled it is not possible to travel miles to do transactions. Many elderly do not even have an A.T.M card.
    11 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Lynn Warren
  • WASPI Against Women's state pension inequality
    Many retirement lives in the 60+ age group have been ruined by the fast introduction of these changes and many retired couples have not had the chance to plan ahead for the changes. I am a man of 70 and retired. My wife has just turned 60 but now has to work until she is 67 before we can both retire together with the state pension that we have both contributed to throughout our lives. This is not what we had planned for as the rules have been changed without sufficient notice. Many older women from this age group now have to continue working far beyond the years that they have planned and saved for.
    56 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Graham Baker
  • Corporate capitalisation with 5p plastic bags
    Retailers have withdrawn the use of paper bags, and are now only issuing plastic bags instead WHY? My interest in this issue was sparked when making a purchase at Clinton Cards, I asked for a paper bag, it was totally unnecessary to use a plastic bag. I was told Clinton Cards no longer use paper bags. A simple internet search reveals all bar the vat (£0.83) goes to the retailer, as such it is financially rewarding to sell plastic bags (the cheaper quality the better), as such the UK government handed retailers a windfall when they introduced this legislation. Some retailers give a proportion to charity but there is no legislation for them to do so.
    3 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Martin B
  • Give Communities Designated Space in Children's Centres
    Local communities have had to grudgingly accept the council's recent decision to close 13 Children's Centres in Bolton due to cut backs. Now they have been told that they are going to be handed to schools to manage. Local communities have even accepted this, but are asking for a designated community space within those centres, which some Headteachers are now opposing! We request that all Children’s Centres that are to be handed over to schools in Bolton must have written in their agreements, with the council in the handover process that: a) There should be an identified designated space within those Children’s Centres specifically for local constituted voluntary sector groups in the immediate area of those Centres. b) ‘The designated community space’ should be made accessible at all times to the local community groups and be managed by them. We cannot let local communities be completely robbed of yet another community asset in the heart of their communities! One school Headteacher has gone to the extreme of actively trying to divide communities and is threatening years of community cohesion in order not to share a children's centre with local communities. People like this should be disciplined. 'Sharing is caring!'
    30 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Mohmed Alli
  • Reduce congestion caused by HGV traffic
    Ever increasing strain is being placed upon our road network on a daily basis. While construction work continually increases our road network capacity for traffic, there are measures that could be taken to improve the efficiency of our current capacity. By ensuring HGVs do not overtake on dual carriageways between the hours of 07:00-09:00 and 16:30-18:30 Monday to Friday inclusive, two benefits will be observed: 1.) The outside lane will be free to flow traffic at a rate akin to the speed limit - not limited to a lower speed by slower moving vehicles. This should have the effect of reducing tailbacks caused by HGVs in the outside lane. 2.) Free from the frustration of HGV "elephant races" cars are more likely to use both lanes when traffic is more freely flowing. Again this is likely to positively impact the flow rate of traffic on our existing road network. There are likely to be further benefits including environmental benefits created by smoother flowing traffic. Excessive braking caused by braking and accelerating to match speed with HGVs can increase fuel consumption and therefore the emissions created by a given amount of traffic. This is a system that can be found working in other countries and so could feasibly work here in ours. If this is something you would like to see in place to reduce traffic, decrease journey times and improve the quality of life for millions of commuting motorists, please take action and vote now.
    1 of 100 Signatures
    Created by James Mullen
  • Prevent suggested 'British Values Oath' for public office holders
    Sajid Javid has suggested holders of public office should swear an oath to British values. This will do absolutely nothing to combat ethnic segregation as has been suggested and is an insult to those who currently hold public office, the vast majority of whom already hold solid values and do those jobs because they want to help others. Anyone who doesn't hold those values will simply repeat the oath and not mean a single word of it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38355373
    5 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Phillip Evans
  • Prioritise making UK pesticide free
    Our food, our environment, our pollinators, all are contaminated. Pesticide use is not safe for the world or even for humans and needs to end before it's too late.
    3 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Mel Bowler
  • prestwick airport fuel tanks
    By shunting at Falkland yard it reduces the threat of an accident or a terrorist attack Also with having a freight yard near it makes sense for tanks to be shunted at Falkland yard owned by Db cargo as colas rail have the contact & will have to pay for use of using Db cargo yard thus reducing the risk of an accident Appears network rail & colas rail have come to an arrangement not to use Falkland yard & have concluded that it is safe to use Ayr station to shunt fuel tanks as fuel tanks would arrive quicker at preswick airport without the need to be shunted at Falkland yard despite the potential risk & potential terrorist threat RMT has raised these risks with network rail & scot rail & all have been in vain.
    27 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Michael Hogg
  • Fairer Transport Deal for Rawdon Residents
    1.The areas in and around Rawdon have no hopper bus, unlike the neighbouring areas of Yeadon, Guiseley and Horsforth. 2. The area along Town Street, Rawdon has NO public transport provision for residents needing to access Rawdon New Road Side, their only GP surgery and pharmacy, Rawdon Community Library, Micklefield Park and other local amenities. This results in no transport for residents living in that area being denied public transport to the sole Post Office on Town Street, Rawdon St Peters Primary School and Rawdon Parish Church or the local football and cricket clubs. The bus route 97, via Horsforth, West Park and Headingley, does not provide access to Horsforth New Road Side, Kirkstall, Burley or a more direct route into Leeds City Centre. 3. Due to the length and congestion of the 97 bus route, there are often delays in the service, with passengers waiting between 30 - 60 minutes at times. 4. There are neither bus shelters nor seats for passengers between the crossroads at the top of Harrogate Road, Yeadon and Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth on the 97 route towards Leeds. 6.Many local residents complain about these problems. There is a need to consider providing an alternative route, allowing direct access to Leeds via the purpose-built Kirkstall Corridor. This could possibly be solved by re-routing the 33A route from Rawdon Crematorium, up Layton Lane, along Town Street, Larkfield Road, Batter Lane then joining the current route on Harrogate Road. This would still leave the 33 and 757 bus routes to provide transport to passengers on New Road Side, Rawdon.
    5 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Diana AlSaadi
  • Daytime Social Provision for Adults with Disabilities
    Young people with disabilities need to maintain their skills and their mental health into their adult lives. They are vulnerable adults and need to be able to access safe places and maintain social contact with their friends. My daughter doesn't understand why she is no longer seeing her friends at college. She can no longer do the unpaid work she had been doing for a number of years because of a medical condition. She is has no routine and no focus in her life for 6 days a week. I am a pensioner with health problems and unable to consistently take her to places where she can meet others and anyway there is no daytime place where she can find activities to keep her meaningfully occupied. One day a week she attends a local drama group run by a charity and her whole life revolves around this one activity.
    237 of 300 Signatures
    Created by pat budd
  • Revenues from new sugar tax should be spent on UK children.
    According to Barnados, there are 3.7 million children living in poverty in the UK. Clearly more needs to be done. It is important to public confidence in the government, that the government is seen to prove that it has the welfare of children at heart and is not just seen as using children's health issues just to raise tax revenues.
    8 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Chris Barnett
  • Save Havering Park
    We need a bit of open space to help us get a bit of fresh air, and for the benefit of children yet to come
    6 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Michael Cross