• Help the Greek Island of Lesvos !
    The chaotic situation out there with the refugees crossing the Aegean on a daily basis mainly Syrian should stop immediately. Media starts concentrating negative publicity on the Island, causing people to cancel their holidays because of the fear of having their holidays destroyed. This island like most Greek islands, depends on tourism for it's economy. Let's put pressure on the UN and EU to help this island to move the refugees to the main port where they can be processed. I Besides structural first aid and help, people just want help as they're already coping with their austerity issues and police and just about everything else is being cut.... Because of the current rules the Refugees are being expected to walk 70 kilometres in searing heat to the port for travelling on to their preferred destination.
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    Created by Rutgert Verhaegen
  • Reinstate ‘Purdah’ period on the EU referendum
    The elections watchdog said it was ‘disappointed and concerned’ by the decision to scrap long-standing rules used in previous referendums to stop public funds going on political campaigning. The EU Referendum Bill, which will come before MPs tomorrow, also removes the 28-day ‘purdah’ period seen in last year’s vote on Scottish independence and the 2011 referendum on the voting system.
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    Created by Daniel Roach
  • 2nd Independence Referendum
    Say no more to Westminster rule. They fought to keep us in the Union, a union who doesn't care about the Scottish people, and have no interest in what we've got to say. All we're good for is our resources and a location to store their deadly nuclear weapons. £177 million pounds of Austerity cuts in Scotland introduced by our new Tory government, once again, a government Scotland dud not vote for, will push men, women and children into a further state of poverty. Our public services are being attacked, police, fire crews etc, but only in Scotland. I personally do not fancy sticking around to see the damage Cameron is going to do to Scotland, and will probably give Margaret Thatcher a run for her money. Time to say enough is enough. The Union is not in the best interests of the Scottish people.
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    Created by Michelle Macleod
  • Members of Parliament Pay Rise
    If we are to turn this country around and save money, how is it right that Members of Parliament get such a large increase in comparison to other public sector workers. We have all had to make sacrifices over the last 7 years because the pay rises given to NHS workers in particular, have been at 1% or less, which has not been keeping up with inflation. This is all public money that comes out of all of our pockets (those that have, still are, or will be) paying income tax. I have emailed my own MP to ask him to act, so if everyone does this, then maybe we will be heard.
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    Created by Tony Baker
  • Give us back our surgeries
    Because patents are getting bad service. Referrals aren't being made. Prescription changes being noticed at the pharmacy. False advertisement of opening times.
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    Created by Michael Castle
  • Let people vote in the EU referendum from the age of 16
    I'm glad to hear that you want more young people involved in the democratic process.  Young people can and do stand up to speak against global poverty, to ensure politicians tackle disease in africa and in emphasising the importance mental health.  We don't just have to listen, we can join their calls and make them count.   We need to talk about whose voice may count  There is a debate to be had and earlier this year, the Prime Minister himself told the Commons that he was happy to have a vote on whether 16-year olds can vote.  Sometimes it feels like MP's don't want young people to have their say as they had in Scotland during the referendum last year.   I want to make sure that someone who turned 16 and voted on whether Scotland should remain part of the UK will also be able to vote on whether the UK should remain in the European Union.   This referendum can be a once in a generation vote for all of us. All of us who wish to leave the European Union and all of us who wish to remain.   Regardless of where you may stand on Europe, those who stand to gain or lose by the decision the country makes in 2017 are not just parents in Portsmouth South but their children.   Their voice in this referendum should count as equally as yours and your own children.   A question on Europe matters to us, all of us  These aren't voices just about working or studying in Ireland, France or other EU member states.  It's not just about losing opportunities created here as a result of European funding for projects.  It's about if kids learning to code in schools today can work in online companies that have the potential to grow across Europe.  It's also about if, from 2020, they can grow up in the UK buying goods from the United States, Asia or the rest of Europe without paying customs or tariffs.  It's about those children who may not have turned 18 by 2017 answering to their own children in 2057 about what voice they had to ensure the UK led it's European neighbours to tackle energy security, climate change and free trade.   All of us should be included in this referendum   To me, it isn't fair to exclude 1,700 voices in your constituency over 16 but not old enough to vote in an EU referendum by 2017.   Young people who can give their own future to fight for their country but not vote to have their say on the country's future. Would you want 1,700 people in 40 years to feel they couldn't have a say?  Many people want a say about whether to remain in the European Union just because they didn't have one when the UK voted 40 years ago.  How would you feel not to have voted in 1975?  Its your turn to speak up  That's why it matters now to stand up in the Commons against people who say teenagers aren't interested in politics nor the European Union so they don't need to vote in 2017.  To stand up in the same Commons Chambers where the UK Youth Parliament met last November.   Maybe it's their problem if those critics can't get young people involved in the democratic process.  Maybe it's a problem if some schools are not as effective as others in instilling a sense of citizenship but that's something we can solve by improving schools.   Yet it's definitely our problem if the critics on changing the voting age undermine the principle of not taking big decisions away from the people most affected by them.
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    Created by Sameen Farouk
  • Improve Wigan Cycle Network
    A fatality happened on Robin Park Road in May. http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2015-05-15/cyclist-killed-near-wigan-polcie-station/ A tragedy like this is a clear indicator that the Wigan cycle network is unfit for use. Its high time that something has to be done to make cycling safer in the borough and to prevent any further incidents happening in the future. Other references that display the disappointing effort Wigan council make towards the cycling infrastructure: https://samuriinbred.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/wigan-orrell-cycling-corridor/
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    Created by Andrew Yates
  • Reopen Middlewich Railway Station in Mid-Cheshire
    Middlewich in Cheshire now has a population of some 15,000 residents. Middlewich is probably the largest town in Cheshire WITHOUT A PASSENGER RAILWAY SERVICE. Middlewich is probably THE ONLY TOWN IN CHESHIRE WITHOUT A PASSENGER RAILWAY SERVICE!!!!
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    Created by Peter Wakefield
  • Whistleblower definition in law to protect them.
    For the protection of Whistleblowers in society to ensure they are respected and heard which protects us all in society. They need legal status akin to a Referee in sport, where they can then be listened to instead of just being considered a "snitch". If a nurse or care worker speaks out on patient safety that may save your mum. If a friend of yours is bullied at work and someone speaks up to stop it they need protection. If banks defraud you through PPI and someone is brave enough to speak up that protects your money. If Directors of Public Companies using your Pension Funds and your savings can be held accountable that protects your money. If sportsmen and woman are able to speak up they can try to keep sports clean from doping. If Professional Drivers are able to speak up to prevent being overworked that keeps our roads safe. Even if it is just for your self interest please vote to help us gain a Whistleblower legal status definition which will allow them to be more protected from bullying and loss of their job.
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    Created by Stobart Whistleblower
  • Boycott the 2018 World Cup.
    FIFA is a world wide paragon of fair play and inclusion. We feel that this has been tainted by the current corruption arrests. We'd like to see FIFA reformed and overhauled.
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    Created by Dean Keegan
  • Government needs to make rail travel more affordable
    Because the ability to travel in rural areas in an affordable way can mean the difference between being able to work and not being able to work. Also it means that more people can visit interesting places without it costing a fortune.
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    Created by Kate Patay
  • Vote For Cuts, Get The Cuts
    We the undersigned demand that in the interests of fairness, equality and social justice that the loyal Conservative boroughs, who voted for austerity and cuts to services on 7th May 2015 should have the honour of bearing the brunt of the £12bn worth proposed for the next five years. In the 2010-15 parliamentary term the inner cities and Labour voting areas suffered much more severe cuts than wealthier Conservative and Liberal Democrat constituencies, especially those with ministerial MPs. We further demand that the disparities of the previous term (2010-15) be overturned in this process over the next five years. There is a proposal for devolution of fiscal powers to the regions of England, but if the cuts continue at the same level as the previous five years, inner city areas may fall into irreversible economic decline, with no help on offer from central government. These areas have also given their fair share to the Treasury over the past five years, and this needs levelling up. Whilst this all appears disgracefully partisan and could be construed as an effort to garner votes, it would nonetheless undoubtedly have had an effect on the outcome of the election. So those who voted with clear understanding of the overall economic plan for the next five years, should now proudly accept their responsibility to shoulder their fair share of austerity cuts for the good of the nation, as they have displayed clear and open support for the proposed cuts to public services through a democratic process. Cutting services to a greater extent in Labour voting areas overlooks another glaring fact. Many people in those areas voted Conservative in both 2010 and 15. If these decisions are partisan and punitive as they appear to be, the many voters who remained loyal to the now incumbent government throughout are suffering cuts to their local services regardless. Fairness, justice and democracy are supposedly British values, and whether or not the disparities in the allocation of austerity measures have been deliberately implemented as an attack on Labour voters in England, this approach is quite simply unfair and undemocratic. By 2020 the Conservative long term economic plan will be complete and the UK will have made a complete recovery and will have "put a bit aside for a rainy day". It would be a shame for all of their most loyal supporters if they hadn't been given the opportunity to fully be a part of that economic recovery. So it's time to roll up your sleeves and do your bit for a brighter future for Britain. Those of us in the inner cities have done our bit, but we're with you all the way. We're all in this big society together! Right? Graphic of local government budget cuts 11/12 (Looks uncannily like the election outcome in 2015) http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/dec/14/local-council-cuts-data http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jan/30/local-government-cuts-poorest-areas *(Footnote for potential signers: Signing the petition does not necessarily mean that you agree with, or believe in the proposed austerity measures. The campaign is more an attempt to undermine the basic austerity premise that the country is skint, and that we all need to do our bit to help. This is a challenge to the government and their supporters to justify themselves, and bring this question of fairness into the public domain, and hopefully go some way to unravelling the austerity myth for all to see clearly.)
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    Created by Richard O'Brien