It is cruel and unnecessary.

We already know that the STP suggests over 12% of beds being cut, closure of the General hospital, maternity services and community hospitals. If hospital beds are cut without investment in social care, district nursing, mental health care and General Practice then the pressure on the costs of running these services will result in poorer care for the local community. These changes threaten to create NHS job losses when the service is already understaffed, increase local unemployment, and restricts choice and accessibility for patients. It will also place a greater reliance on family members to care for sick relatives at home. It is important that no further pressures are put on social care and that the community are properly consulted on changes to their National Health Service.

I'll give an example; A type 1 Diabetic who counts carbohydrates in the food they eat have to guess the carb content when the waiter brings the meal to the table by the size of the meal then administer insulin accordingly. If the carb content was listed on the menu this would help so much, as guessing the carb content could lead to injecting too much insulin thus the person suffers a hypo where the glucose levels drop and can be dangerous and can hospitalise that person

The ordinary people are told to tighten the belts . I am a pensioner with £155 a week and cannot go out for fear of my life so whats the difference between me and Blair?!?

People need public toilets, the closing of them would be bad for public health, city centre trade, tourism and public events

However the proposed English language test for the all private hire drivers has not been properly consulted on, offers insufficient transitional arrangement and lack of support to existing drivers to meet the requirement. We call upon the mayor to withdraw the policy pending further consultation, improved transitional arrangement and full support to those existing drivers required to obtain formal qualifications.

Our elected representatives need to understand that they are there to make decisions on our behalf and the behaviour of most MPs is childish and disrespectful to the electorate

So much plastic polluting the planet with 3 heads per person per year !

These job centres are in some of the hardest hit communities in the country, and in some cases will mean local services moving several miles away. This will make it more difficult for those seeking work to access the job centre, and will have a detrimental impact on those already struggling with extremely low incomes and also those with disabilities.

This MP has demonstrated the highest level of integrity and bravery we should demand from our representatives. Denial of the SNP party whip is now an embarrassment and should be rectified as a matter of urgency.

Gas and Electricity are fundamental to our daily lives and the economy. Control of distribution should remain within the control of the UK, not with a consortium of foreign interests that includes countries with a poor record of human rights.

The figures released 16th November by the British Lung Foundation to mark World COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Day, showed people living in Bradford are more than 50 per cent likely to die from life-limiting lung disease COPD than the UK average. Quote: Telegraph and Argus - 11 Nov 2016 / Claire Wilde, HEALTH bosses are setting up a crack team to tackle the district’s growing obesity epidemic. Two-thirds of the district’s adults and a third of 11-year-olds are now overweight or obese, according to health figures, leading to an increased risk of cancer, heart disease, type two diabetes and other potentially fatal illnesses. Back in May, the district was also revealed as the third “fattest” in England, with 1,907 hospital admissions linked to obesity in a year. The new team, which will meet for the first time on November 29, will be asked to set out a system-wide action plan for battling the problem. However, the proposals have been set out to cut £1m from the Health Improvement budget - key areas of work obesity - which impacts on copd, cancer, heart disease and diabetes. Expected outcomes of such a cut: • The VCS provide over and above what they are funded to deliver, recruiting and training volunteers in to support them with this work - this would end • Whilst delivering this work people are encouraged to join other health improvement activities and services. There is a higher uptake of people accessing new initiatives by people who have already used a service and built trust with the workers • VCS groups bring other funds into Bradford through writing funding bids to e.g. the Lottery and Trusts. As VCS overheads are covered in the work they undertake for the Health Improvement Team - these 'added value' funds would cease, as VCS groups close • Disadvantage communities have seen the closure of many support agencies across Bradford and these cuts would add to this list - impacting on the health and wellbeing of whole communities • VCS groups have built trust in these communities, having operated for many years. They engage with local people using a bottom up approach, delivering valuable services in ways that the Council cannot • Work that is currently being built on will be lost – years of evaluations, processes, planning and delivery – with lessons learned and expertise built on This is short sighted and in the long term will cost the Authority dearly, as the health of these communities quickly deteriorate further.