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Save the drugs under review on the Cancer Drug Fund listI have Leukaemia and am treated with one of the drugs on the list for review. I know that I won't loose it, but many of us with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia and other Cancers are worried about the future and also patients newly diagnosed who may not get these life saving drugs at all. You can't put a price on drugs that will give you prolonged life for many years. We urge the Prime Minister The Rt. Hon David Cameron to keep to his promise to keep these invaluable drugs going either in the CDF or generally through the NHS.1,787 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Steven Davies
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Compulsory work experienceCurrently 95% of secondary schools offer work experience to students but this excludes the school I am currently attending.Furthermore, work experience seems to be a great way to introduce young people to the world of work before they go out and get their first job16 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Abigail Regnouf-Dardennes
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Stop Government Cuts to Local Authority BudgetsI work in a local authority and I am dismayed by the affect that Government grant cuts are having on jobs and services. Maybe at one point there was some spare flesh to cut from local government, but that time is long gone and we are now cutting deep into the bone. Local authorities provide vital services to the most vulnerable such as the elderly, people with physical and mental health problems and learning disabilities, the homeless and looked-after children. Huge cuts are being made to these services by the government at the same time as the need for these services is going through the roof – largely because of job losses and cuts to housing, disability and employment benefits. This means that the government is taxing the most needy and least able to pay in society TWICE. Firstly by cutting their benefits, and then again by cutting the money paid to local authorities to support them. Local authorities are also providers and protectors of the culture and heritage of all of our towns and cities. They look after libraries, museums, galleries, parks and local countryside. These areas are often the first to suffer because they are none-statutory services. How much poorer are the educational and cultural opportunities for local people because many councils have been forced to close libraries and museums because of cuts? People who have dedicated years to providing support and services to the people in their communities for very modest rates of pay are being forced out of worthwhile jobs while incompetent bankers carry on lining their own pockets. Making tens of thousands of local authority workers redundant only adds to the people unable to contribute to the economy or pay income tax, many may well go on to lose their home, adding to the housing benefit bill. At the end of the day, it is not public sector workers, or immigrants or people on benefits who have caused this financial crisis. Please, whatever your political persuasion, think long and hard about whether it is fair that jobs and services that are dedicated to serving and helping people in your community are losing nearly half their government grant, while the very banks and super-rich people who put us in this mess in the first place are getting off scot-free? This country has been built on the ideals of fairness, humanity and respect for the ordinary person. These cruel and unfair cuts attack that very foundation of our nationhood. The most vulnerable people are having their quality of life cut from just about liveable to unbearable; at the same time the number of billionaires in the world has doubled since the financial crisis started, and the 5 richest families in the UK own as much wealth as the bottom 20% of the population. Meanwhile it is estimated by the Institute of Fiscal Studies that another 300,000 children are soon to be added to the 2.5 million who are currently living in poverty in this country if the next round of cuts go ahead. Please sign this petition and lets show the government that we will no longer accept vital jobs and services being attacked to make up for the mistakes of the banks and super-rich.1,384 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Corinna Edwards-Colledge
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Standard telephone line rentalsMany pensioners riley on their land line to connect to their families. They are not techno savvy and often are struggle to use mobile phones. They are paying almost £200 pounds a year for wiring that was laid down decades ago.7 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Georges Philips
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Save Abbey Special School (Rotherham)Abbey School is a valuable community resource, providing education for children with special educational needs. In 2008 it was rated Outstanding, in 2011 it was rated Good and in 2014 it was rated Inadequate. The school can regain its previous standards with support and encouragement. Closure of the school would represent the loss of a valuable learning establishment, which has become part of our town's social fabric. We call upon Rotherham Council to take appropriate steps to improve the effectiveness of Abbey School and preserve it for the benefit of future Rotherham generations.426 of 500 SignaturesCreated by Ruth Askwith
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Quiet surface for the M20 Ashford Kent (J9,10,10a)The resurfacing with a quiet road surface would make a dramatic difference to the quality of life for all the people who live near to the M20 in Ashford Kent. As the ever increasing traffic and increased traffic the New Junction 10a will bring is making life for folk who live near the Motorway intolerable. Currently the Kent County Council and Highways have said there is not enough money to do the New 10a Junction and quiet surface the Ashford section of the M20.66 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Adrian GEE-TURNER
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Poundstretcher wagesPeople can't live on the low wages.35 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Lewis Davidson
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Keep The Crossings CleanThe way that the shared spaces on The Crossings in Stafford are currently being left, with overflowing bins full of dog mess, and poorly maintained green space is unacceptable and a health risk to the people who use it - the people of the area deserve better.148 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Douglas Rouxel
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English medium teaching as an option at all schools in Wales.These policies put English speaking families (which are the VAST majority of families in North Wales) at a HUGE disadvantage as it excludes their parents from helping and being involved with them in their learning. Having only just got the basics of a complex language at home children are then faced with learning another VASTLY different language to learn which is then the sole medium in which they are then taught EVERYTHING at school! This leaves them continually playing "catch-up" in EVERY subject. It also hampers them from grasping the complexities of THE lingua franca of the modern world which then leaves them uncompetitive in our global economy.46 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Joe Stoner
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End Charitable Status of Private Schools and save taxpayers the £100m this costs.It is very unfair that ordinary taxpayers contribute an estimated £100m to private schools due to their 'Charitable Status'. These elitist schools educate the children of very wealthy parents, charging exorbitant fees, which is hardly an act of charity! In addition to the £100m that comes from the public purse, many private schools offer fee paying schemes that enable very rich parents of pupils to reduce their own personal tax burden by advanced payment. How can perpetrating tax advantages for the education of the elitist few be considered fair in the 21st century? Education of children is recognised by the United Nations as a right. It is no longer perceived as an act of charity. This may have been different in Britain in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Now British private schools are highly elitist and their reputations are so well known that they attract many students from abroad. The headmaster of one leading public school has cautioned that private schools must avoid becoming 'isolated enclaves of privilege'. It is difficult to see how this can ever be achieved given their different status from state schools. They do not have to follow the National Curriculum nor are they accountable to Ofsted. There is often a massive physical difference in campus size, enabling them to provide facilities such as golf courses. An example was Eton's 'generosity' in allowing its world class facilities to be used for staging events during the London Olympics 2012. Their advantages are far too many to list! Please include a pledge to end the charitable status of private schools in your party's election manifesto. It may require careful redrafting of the legal meaning of 'charitable status' but I believe this would make the term worthier of its name. As well as regaining £100m in tax, it would make a huge difference to people's perception of your party's commitment to equality of opportunity for all.28 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Jennifer Page
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Closure Tynyrheol Primary School, LlangeinorClosure Tynyrheol primary school, Llangeinor Bridgend CBC is expecting a shortfall of £50 million in finances, surely it should be looking at cost savings such as bringing good quality brick solid buildings up to standard, especially if they have been modernised with double glazing and full central heating. All that is required is to provide dis-abled persons access which can be easily achieved. If Bridgend CBC would like the option of a new building, even though it will have no money, the building should be located where it is easily accessible to the school children and residents of Llangeinor. To save money Bridgend CBC could employ an overall head teacher based in Betws, Brynmenyn or Bryncethin, which would help with staffing costs.. The objections against the closure of Tynyrheol primary school are as follows:- There is no public transport service between Betws and Llangeinor, and with a shortfall in finances there will be none. There are fourteen pupils at Tynyrheol primary school who receive free school meals. If any of these children have an accident or are taken ill in the new school, it is unlikely that their carer’s could afford the bus fare to go to Bridgend and from Bridgend to Betws to collect their child. Certainly they could not afford a taxi fare to bring the child home. The Highways Department of Bridgend CBC has confirmed that the 1.7 miles distance between the two schools has no safe pedestrian way for the children to walk to school. Therefore it would be necessary for school buses to be provided. At the time when the Council is trying to cut costs by keeping transport costs to a minimum. The LEA representatives state that the education of the children would be improved because of additional provisions at the new school, this is not true. Because children from Llangeinor would need to catch a school bus, they are unlikely to benefit from these facilities. There are approximately forty pupils at Tynyrheol primary school who take advantage of the free breakfast facilities at their present school; these pupils are unlikely to be able to take advantage of any facilities if a new school building was located in Betws because of transport problems. Free breakfast facilities which is a Welsh Assembly initiative, and at Tynyrheol primary school has been proven to be beneficial, not only to the children’s health but the children are more alert during lessons. Tynyrheol primary school at present runs a series of successful after school clubs which are regularly attended by twenty to twenty five children at each session. These children will lose out if they are dependent on a school bus service. Children attending Nursery aged three upwards for two terms during the school year are part time, concerns are raised about safety supervision of these children if there is a school bus service, provided for them, which is additional unnecessary transport costs. These children for two terms during the school year are at the school on a part time basis. Who will ensure the safety and transport of these children back to Llangeinor, if the Council is seeking to cut costs? Bridgend CBC LEA has submitted monetary figures to the Cabinet of Bridgend CBC, and concerns have been raised about the integrity and correctness of these figures. At the moment there is approximately seventy five to eighty pupils at the school.6 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Clive Mitchell
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Politicians must keep promises or lose powerThe public no longer trusts politicians and will stop voting if trust cannot be restored. Following the break of Nick Clegg's pledge on tuition fees, politicians could see that his party remained in the coalition government and he remained as leader. The country needs honesty from politicians, it's ok to say 'we'll try to do something' even if they fail in delivering, but if they say they 'will do something' the electorate are entitled to believe they have done their homework and are positive they can deliver, otherwise they shouldn't promise. When politicians lie to get office or make claims they haven't thought through, they damage democracy. They should also make it clear before an election, which manifesto promises are negotiable in the event they are asked to form a coalition. It is a fundamental breach of contract to gain office on the strength of promises made and then renege on those promises when in power. The electorate needs to show there will be consequences if they do.82 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Peter Lihou
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