• Keep state pension age at 60 for women not 66 years old
    Women of state pension age have had this change from the age of 60 to 66 sprung upon them from the government without notifying them personally and unable to put anything else in place for the change taking place, feel it should have been phased in a lot better for women in there 50s and not sprung upon us after all it's contributions we have paid in for 30 yrs and not a benefit being paid to us, I'm 55 and now have to work till I'm 66 yrs old there is no jobs for the young people of the country, never mind women in 50s n 60s
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    Created by Judithf Clark
  • Stop HMRC wasting money by posting out 'Annual Tax Statements'
    You have cut back on staff and made your service hopeless for those who need to query you - from personal experience those on low income and having to take agency or multiple jobs in a short space of time are assumed to be tax dodgers and put on emergency rate when they are those who can least afford it, yet you neither investigate or prosecute those who are dodging thousands of pounds in tax. Use money to provide a better service not a pointless additional information exercise.
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    Created by Michael Hirst
  • Don't bomb Syria
    It is important that the UK has a plan, and not a "knee jerk reaction" before attacking targets in Syria. We the British public demand a clear plan for Syria to help the Syrian people.
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    Created by David Henwood Picture
  • Give Tamworth the hospital it deserves..........
    Today we learned that the Minor Injuries Unit opening hours at Sir Robert Peel hospital are to be cut and that it will close over night. I have used this hospital as has families all over the area and we now have a population of 76900 people. To take this away and as I suspect will happen is slowly and surely services are the Robert Peel are whittled away until we have no hospital. If you are having a baby then we have to travel to Burton, Sutton Coldfield and even further afield People dont know what they have lost until its gone . Fight for what we need and want as this is a very serious matter and if we dont stand up now then we will be saying bye to our hospital .
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    Created by Stuart Smith
  • Fair Airline Prices
    Flying is not just for business travel, it is also about family visits/reunions/meeting loved ones. Changing nearly double the price to depart from China is keeping families apart because visits become too expensive. No matter the date, no matter the time, no matter the airport, it is always significantly more expensive to start the journey from China than to depart from the UK.
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    Created by Felicity Miller
  • Ticket sales and Booking and Administration fees
    This is important because people have to pay an administration fee, then a booking fee, then a postage fee. Ticket allocators like Ticketmaster are using other second hand party allocators to sell tickets and this also puts the price of tickets up. Not everyone can afford these very demanding prices, don't forget we also have the price of the ticket to pay for as well.
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    Created by Brian ovens
  • Amazon UK: pay your workers a Living Wage
    Amazon has more than enough money to pay its workers (both permanent employees and contracted agency workers) the Living Wage. This is the wage needed to support a basic standard of living. With UK sales in 2012 of £4.2billion, you'd think Amazon could afford to pay its workers enough to be able to feed and clothe themselves and their families. And unacceptably low pay isn't all Amazon does to demean its workers: A sack-if-you're-sick policy that sees you turfed out if you take 3 sick breaks in a 3 month period Giving workers 15 minute breaks that start wherever they are in the giant warehouses 10 hour days Compulsory overtime Monitoring and timing toilet breaks Half-a-point if you're 1 minute late or more (3 points and you're out) Paying the minimum wage or just above it, when it could well afford to pay the Living Wage A 'performance console' that tracks and logs workers' activities so they can be released if their 'pick rate' is too slow I don't know about you, but I find it pretty disgusting. It's time for Amazon to listen up and listen hard. It can't ignore us forever. Paying the Living Wage will be a big step in the right direction. Do what's best for your workers (permanent and agency), Amazon: become an accredited Living Wage employer across your UK operations. God knows, you could do with a good news story. You can read the stories from Amazon workers across the UK at http://www.amazonanonymous.org/ and check out the alternatives to Amazon on this 'Amazon-Free' shopping guide here!
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    Created by Nat Whalley Picture
  • Open up empty buildings in Hertfordshire for the homeless this winter
    To plead to the Council to open its empty buildings to the homeless in winter. I cannot imagine sleeping rough in driving, biting winds, snow, ice and winter rain. It's inhumane. It's also inexcusable when we have so many empty buildings.
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    Created by Elizabeth Moon
  • Stop the ministry of defense discrimating against people with austism
    I feel this is important as people with autism are just as capable of serving their country as their neurotypical counterparts (even more in some cases)
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    Created by lewis smith
  • Stop Penalising Cross Channel Truck Drivers
    This risks and added stress to cross channel truck drivers is great enough without weighing them down with unwarranted financial burdens, most of which they have no control over. This is killing continental truck deliveries as neither the drivers nor the companies they work for can operate with such uncontrollable financial burdens hanging over their heads. The profit margins for UK based international logistics are very small as foreign logistics companies do it cheaper as they pay their drivers far less than UK drivers. These fines just make it untenable and is killing off UK based continental deliveries.
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    Created by Grahame Inman
  • Stop the misleading use of the term "National Living Wage"
    The National Minimum Wage is currently set at £6.70 per hour for anyone over 21, which will go up to £7.20 (for over 25s) in 2016. This is calculated by the Low Pay Commission and is the lowest amount any UK employee can legally be paid per hour. The Living Wage is a term defined and set by the Living Wage Foundation and is calculated according to the real cost of living, including food, fuel, childcare and more. This amount is determined by independent academics. The UK Living Wage is currently set at £8.25 per hour nationally and £9.40 per hour in London. (in recognition of the fact that the cost of living is higher in London). Across the UK, one in five working people currently earns less than the Living Wage. While the introduction of the National Minimum Wage has been almost universally acknowledged as a significant step forward for the lowest paid in society, it still falls way short of the amount people actually need to live on. The chancellor has announced that the National Minimum Wage is due to rise to £7.20 per hour for over 25s in 2016, while at the same time, in a deceitful sleight of hand, he is attempting to rebrand this as the "National Living Wage". While that 50p per hour increase over the current National Minimum Wage will be welcomed by the several million people who are currently paid the National Minimum Wage, it will still be £1.05 per hour less than the UK Living Wage and £2.20 per hour less than the London Living Wage. If the Government were proposing to increase the National Minimum Wage to the amounts the Living Wage Foundation have deemed to be what people actually need to live on, then they would be entitled to re-name it as a "National Living Wage", but if not, then they have no right to hijack the term Living Wage and it should instead be referred to as what it actually is - an increased National Minimum Wage. It seems they are attempting to deliberately muddy the waters and steal the clothes of the true Living Wage, in order to deceive the public into thinking the increased National Minimum Wage will be an amount people can live on, when that is not the case. This petition urges the heads of news at BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky, as well as the editors of national newspapers, to recognise their responsibility to the British public to communicate accurately and transparently and so to only use the term "increased National Minimum Wage", as that is what it is. We also expect news presenters, correspondents and columnists to challenge any attempts to use the misleading term "National Living Wage" and to explain to viewers and readers why that term is inaccurate and misleading and to explain what the true UK Living Wage and London Living Wage are and to make it clear that they are set by the Living Wage Foundation, as opposed to the National Minimum Wage, which is set by the Low Pay Commission. But why does it matter what it is called? It matters because Britain remains an extremely unequal society, in which there are millions of people in fuel poverty and an increasing number reliant upon food banks for basic necessities. However an increasing number of these people are in work, yet they are not paid enough to sustain their basic needs. A growing number of employers are voluntarily opting to pay all their staff at least the true UK Living Wage and this is to be commended - as they really are ensuring their employees are paid enough to live on and they should be recognised for doing so. It may well seem like a semantic and technical argument, but the widespread mis-use of the term "National Living Wage" is intentionally misleading and is giving people the false impression that once it is introduced, every employee will be paid an amount they can live on, when in reality there will still be several million of the lowest paid people who will welcome the 50p per hour pay rise, but who will be receiving an increased National Minimum Wage, not a National Living Wage. The more people sign this petition, the more difficult news organisations will find it to ignore this issue and the more likely it will be that we can stop the misleading misuse of an important and meaningful term, which affects millions of the lowest paid workers in Britain. Thank you for your support and please forward this to people you know.
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    Created by Chris Henson
  • Withdraw 'The Sun' from circulation
    Recent headlines claiming that 1 in 5 Muslims in the UK are sympathetic to ISIS is wrong and inflammatory. The consequence of these types of headlines will undoubtably result in hate crimes against Muslims in our community. Yes, ISIS (although we should refer to them as Daesh') - are evil and have to be dealt with, but associating Muslims with them, does no one any favours, especially in this way. Lest it is forgotten that they already kill Muslims.
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    Created by David Griggs