• bring primark to great yarmouth
    Great Yarmouth is a dying and out dated town. With regent road selling the same tat year after year and not all that good value for money and the town that is now just a mix of charity shops, banks and betting agents we are need of a affordable shop that sell children's and adults clothes and household items. The towns people would benefit greatly from a primark here.
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    Created by Jessica sergeant
  • Supermarkets - Pay the Living Wage
    According to Citizens UK the wages of supermarket workers are being topped up by £11 billion each year in benefits. For too long supermarkets have been underpaying their staff & expecting the tax payer to foot the bill but now is time to fight back. Supermarkets turn over billions of pounds every year & are easily in the position to pay the living wage & if they were to do so would save this country £11 billion every year. Imagine where that £11 billion could go - NHS, Police, Fire Service, Education to name a few. While our public services are being drained of resources huge billion pound, multi-national companies are being subsidised by us the tax payer, it must now stop to save our economy & our public services The living wage is set at £9.15 in London & £7.85 elsewhere & is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK - that's right, the basic cost of living. All employers should be paying the living wage but supermarkets have the moral right to do so as they employ such a large number of employees (5 million) & turn over such masses of money. It's important to remember as well that this isn't just the big 4 who are guilty, those with a smaller market share must also accept responsibility - particularly the Co-operative whose morals & ethics were built on challenging greed & dispersing money back into society 170 years ago facebook.com/blocuk twitter.com/ukbloc
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    Created by Joe Hughes
  • Outrageous Rental Costs for Accommodation
    The high rents are pushing people more and more into poverty or homelessness Letting Agencies can pick and chose and the majority are exclusive. No matter whether you have evidence of being a good tenant or not makes no difference if you are not working for what ever reason you are automatically excluded by most of the agents.
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    Created by Sheila Anderson
  • Save The Woolwich Free Ferry!
    There has been a free ferry running here for over 100 years and an established ferry service on the route since the 14th century, with mentions of one in the Doomsday Book. London has many traffic congestion problems, but the problems of the Woolwich Ferry are not it's own; it is an effective and much used (2,000,000+ journeys per year) piece of infrastructure in its own right. The problem of the Woolwich Ferry are in reality the problems of the Blackwall Tunnel and it is only when the Blackwall Tunnel fails that the area around the Woolwich Ferry becomes overly congested. To close one thing that works well because something else does not is evidence of poor strategic thinking. Even if a new bridge or tunnel are built as proposed by TFL, congestion is only going to increase year-on-year in East London. this means that the Woolwich ferry does not stop being relevant or strategically important, both as a crossing in it's own right or as an additional means of easing congestion when a single car or lorry (inevitibly and regularly) breaks down in the existing tunnel (or on a new bridge) and brings this part of the capital to gridlock. If East london actually needs additional crossing capacity, why dispense with this vital piece of existing infrastructure? There is a historic precident for the Woolwich Ferry and currently TFL has an obligation to provide this service. This obligation should remain for the benefit of both vehicular and pedestrian transport, the latter of which would be severely disrupted by the provision of vehicle only crossing points. Furthermore the obligation to continue the service is important because a FREE ferry service is the only egaliarian means of river transport in East London- it's dissapearance would mean that all traffic on the river would become a privatised, fee paying entity. In an area which has so much maritime heritage, this you be a tragic development and a loss to future generations.
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    Created by Graham Ward
  • Move Work Capability Assessments from St Mary's House Norwich
    This is important because disabled people are suffering due to austerity cuts made by this government and the very least the government can do to alleviate this suffering is provide them with accessible premises (as any educational or professional establishment is legally obliged to do) for compulsory interviews.
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    Created by Catherine O'Hanlon
  • Ensure All Parliamentary Candidates Represented at Stroud BBC Election Debate
    This is the most high profile pre-election event taking place in the Stroud constituency; and has a huge potential impact on the decisions listeners to the programme will take at the ballot box. Just as it was essential to have all seven candidates represented at the national debate. It's vital that all six candidates for the Stroud constituency are represented at this event. As is happening at many of the other equivalent BBC events around the country. By not giving all candidates the same platform the BBC are undermining the fairness of the election in Stroud.
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    Created by Lizzie Fletcher Picture
  • Stop Fracking in South Bristol and North Somerset
    The government has already issued Petroleum Exploration and Development Licenses to fracking companies. These licenses cover the whole area surrounding Chew Magna and the reservoirs which provide Bristol’s water supply and they extend as far as Parson Street in Bedminster ! At present fracking companies need to lease land (or seek agreements to drill) from public or private landowners and they need to obtain planning permission from the local council. However, the coalition government has already drafted an energy bill which proposes abolishing the requirement for planning permission. UK Methane has put on hold its plans to extract shale gas using fracking close to the Hicks Gate roundabout on the A4 near Keynsham and the company has relinquished the license covering Chew Magna (PEDL 226). However, that work may start again at any time and the license can be renewed or taken up by another fracking company. http://www.frackfreesomerset.org/ Why should we be concerned? Fracking uses huge amounts of the local water supply and toxic chemicals such as Benzene, Toluene, Phenol and Formaldehyde to fracture impermeable rock and release shale gas or to obtain methane from coal seams underground. It involves drilling first vertically and then horizontally for up to one kilometre or more in both directions. Numerous wells are drilled to ensure continuing production, and this not only disfigures the landscape but also carries the risk of long-term contamination of water sources because all wells leak and degrade over time. Toxic slurry stored in holding ponds also causes air pollution and contaminates the land, especially during heavy rain or flooding. A report for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency states that exposure to chemicals used in fracking may result in headaches, nausea, insomnia, gastric disturbances, blurred vision and blindness in humans; may affect the brain / nervous system, the kidneys and the immune and cardiovascular systems, and may cause cancer (Colborn, T., Kwiatkowski, C., Schultz, K, and Bachran, M. 2011. Natural gas operations from a public health perspective. Human and Ecological Rick Assessment, 17: 1039-1056. In the UK, Medact has described fracking as an “inherently risky” practice, and 18 leading health professionals state: “The arguments against fracking on public health and ecological grounds are overwhelming. There are clear grounds for adopting the precautionary principle and prohibiting fracking” (British Medical Journal (1st April 2015) Health Professionals call for urgent halt to fracking because of public health concerns). Fracking can also cause subsidence and has been associated with earthquakes in Lancashire. Moreover, it makes climate change worse by increasing greenhouse gas emissions. To understand what fracking could mean for individual households, look at the film Gasland on YouTube. You could also take a look at The Truth Behind the Dash for Gas, a DVD produced by Frack Free Somerset.
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    Created by Howard Purse
  • Free parking for Birkenhead
    To keep a market town still here and stop the increase in parking charges.
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    Created by Joesph kostanczuk
  • Save our disabled young peoples transport and education in Derby City
    The proposed changes in special educational needs transport for disabled children and young people in Derby City and closure of Castle Street Nursery will have a devastating impact of hundreds of parents/carers, and their children. The proposals will deal a further blow to parents /carers, who are already under immense pressure, due to their caring roles and responsibilities. The proposals will also severely affect siblings, and parents/carers ability to get to work.
    1,573 of 2,000 Signatures
    Created by Neil Watkins
  • Ice Cream Vendor
    This person is supplying a service to both old and young alike people in the town centre, he is doing no harm and the people of King's Lynn are behind him in keeping his local business running. It is not all about the big named shops that come to the town, they will up and move at a moments notice. This small business owner has laid out money as he has seen a gap in the market for his wares. Mr Peter Byrne has a clean, and tidy business, with he himself conscientious and friendly.
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    Created by Kelly Boldero
  • Burton on Trent Road surface problem!!!!
    this is important because a good road surface will keep the residents of Burton safer will cause less damage to our cars vans & motorbikes. Also to stop any injuries to cyclists who have to use the roads too. We deserve better roads and we will campaign to get it done!
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    Created by Alex Eaton
  • We Demand a Full Exoneration for Robert Green & Justice for Hollie Greig
    We have very shameful and outrageous goings on regarding the sentencing of Robert Green. Not only was he sentenced for 250 hours of community service, but he has been gagged for the rest of his life not to speak about anything to do with the Hollie Greig case. If he does, he is immediately imprisoned for a maximum of 5 years !!! This is unacceptable and it is time to speak out for this man to be Exonerated and the injustice of this whole case. We ask People to Please Sign and Share to Show You Care... Robert was Imprisoned twice... Kept under House Arrest for a year and Now Gagged for Life by Scottish Law, to stop him Speaking Out helping Abuse Victims... We need more Signatures Thank you for helping to get Robert His Freedom of Speech Back... If we Stand Back & Let this Happen to Robert... Who Will Be Next... "Step Forward Without Fear"
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    Created by Carmelle Ryan-Sammon Picture