Cancelling Neighbouhood Plan NP and technical support grants (via Locality) is a means to stop communities having the ability to foster community empowerment and self-help.   The loss of Neighbourhood Planning (NP) and technical support grants is a fundamental shift that risks shattering the core principles of Localism just as they have begun to bear fruit.   Without central support:   • Communities and their Town & Parish Councils, with limited budgets, will likely be unable to adequately fund, and provide the technical knowledge, to undertake a Neighbourhood Plan   • Communities in deprived or rural areas - most in need of shaping local growth - will be disproportionately disadvantaged   • Developers will gain disproportionate influence, with local policy-making weakened, at precisely the moment that central and regional planning is being streamlined The implications are significant:   • End of equitable NP access: Wealthier or better-resourced communities may still produce NPs; others will struggle to start or update them   • Loss of technical advice: this is absolutely critical for navigating environmental assessment requirements, site assessments, and policy compliance — without this, many draft NPs would not meet required basic legal tests. This will have the greatest impact on communities trying to shape their own futures, because common sense and the democratic voice will be significantly muted.   • Organic developments - that would keep the life blood pumping in smaller communities - will now either not be allocated or will be determined strategically where the local voice does not necessarily prevail.   • It totally undermines the Localism (2011) Act’s intent: that communities should have a real say in where and how development happens.

Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of Wight. But instead of flourishing as rich, native forest, much of it has been turned into sterile plantations of fast-growing, non-native trees – choking out the life that once thrived there. Buried in these ghost woods are the seeds, fungal networks and surviving species which cling on from centuries-old ecosystems. If we act now, we can bring them back. But if we miss this window, these precious seeds will die and these woods will be lost forever.  Forestry England promised to restore these rare habitats by 2030 – but they’ve already missed the Government’s targets once, and they’re falling behind again. We can’t let this happen. These forests belong to all of us – and to future generations. With enough public pressure, we can make Forestry England stick to their promises and restore our ghost woods before it’s too late.

Recently at St Clements Lake in Greenhithe, wildlife was senselessly attacked by youngsters with catapults. This is sadly not a one off in this borough and animals have been cruelly targeted causing injuries to birds, water fowl and other wildlife. From a duck being left with half it's beak hanging, a heron with a shattered wing and a squirell with a bloodied eye 💔 I was sickened to read about an online trend that has evolved where people are posting the maimed creatures after harming them. These injuries often prove fatal, either drawn out in the wild or one of the wonderful recuse groups making the awful decision to put them to rest. I am in awe of the wonderful volunteers in Dartford who have done so much to highlight this appalling wildlife crime and giving their all to try and protect innocent creatures. Catapults are weapons and it's not only animals that are being targeted, with property and even walkers by being hurt by launched missiles. However, shockingly catapults currently have no restrictions and are easily available to buy, with anyone being able to own one! The government responded to a recent petition calling for them to be banned on May 2025 👇 "catapults are also routinely used by members of the public, enjoying legitimate pastimes...the Government has to balance the entirely legitimate objective of the petitioners to see catapults and catapult ammunition kept out of the hands of individuals who will misuse it....we therefore do not intend to accept the petitioners’ proposal at this time, but we will continue to keep this issue under review" In my opinion this simply isn't good enough and the situation can not continue, with the police only having limited powers under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to deal with this! I am now pushing, not for an outright ban, but to make catapult ownership licensable and to stop under 18s purchasing them. This will strike a balance and ensure that there are restrictions - only adults with licenses can have them in public for genuine leisure activities and anyone else will be breaking the law. I implore authorities at all levels to stop tinkering around the edges and bring in legislation in now to protect our wildlife and communities. Let's use our collective voice to say enough is enough! ✊️ Please sign and share widely! ✍️🦆🙏

The Prevention, Action and Treatment initiative is a groundbreaking programme, giving our children, including the poorest people in our community, access to an NHS dentist, providing daily supervised brushing, twice yearly fluoride varnishing and treatment of dental issues to the children and the families of our children who otherwise would not the means or access to a dentist. Thirty two thousand children from 143 schools in our area currently benefit, increasing their life prospects, self confidence and general health while reducing tooth decay, illness and time off school ill.  Our school is the only school to have withdrawn from the dental programme and our children deserve more.

Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enormous control and treat the population with suspicion. Introducing one in Britain would fundamentally change the nature of our relationship with the state, eroding our rights and freedoms. We all want to be able to prove who we are safely, privately, and conveniently but while digital ID can be helpful for some people in certain situations, it is not a magic solution for all scenarios. People in marginalised, vulnerable and minority groups are more likely to have reduced access to online services (e.g. people with disabilities, low income or the elderly), particularly where digital identity is a requirement. That is why we’re fighting to protect your privacy rights by calling for this dangerous proposal to be scrapped. Britain has a long and proud history of rejecting proposals for mandatory ID, and we should reject this one too. We can win this fight again, but we can only do it together. If thousands of us sign this petition, we can make Starmer reject the “BritCard” proposal.

This Is a Moment of Moral Clarity This is not about politics. This is about humanity that's why over 50 MP's have already signed an open letter to you requesting an emergency medical evacuation scheme for injured Palestinian children.  We ask you, Prime Minister, not to look away. Let the UK be remembered as a country that stood on the side of life.  We request an urgent meeting with your office to explore the practical steps needed to make this vision a reality.  With resolve and hope,  [Add your Profession before your first name eg Consultant, Nurse, Dr, Paramedic, Phlebotomist]

I need you to join so I can get support for when I bring it to government. Your help and your signature would improve it massively and would give me solid proof of the scale of your concern on road quality. Once government see this, road quality improvement could be possible. In Citizenship at school we are trying to make a change somewhere in the world. I need you to sign my petition to help me bring my matter forward. I am aiming for at least 10,000 signatures to get this matter into Parliament.

To make amazon's DSP drivers have a familiar and social life as they come late at home.

This guidance is out dated, legally questionable and deeply traumatising to individuals experiencing losses. The surveillance and accusations aimed at grieving women and birthing people is a gross betrayal of public trust, lacks empathy, substance, justification, and needs amending. It is deeply rooted in patriarchal views and reinforces worrying views around policing female bodies. We petition for the NPCC to review and amend the guidance with urgency.

Peers who break the rules get to keep their titles and return to the House of Lords to make our laws. They may serve a suspension, but then simply walk back in. This includes peers found guilty of bullying, inappropriate lobbying, and other serious breaches of the Code of Conduct. Meanwhile, MPs who commit serious breaches of the rules have to resign or face being chucked out by the voters in a by-election. We think peers should be banned for good if found guilty of serious breaches of the Code of Conduct.  Those who break the rules should NOT have the power to make our laws.    Sign the petition today to send the Lords Conduct Committee a clear message: if you seriously break the rules, you lose your seat. No exceptions.

Because the current tax burden is hindering the growth of small businesses and therefore hindering economic growth.

We are deeply concerned that this residential area, currently subject to the national speed limit of 60mph, has been excluded from the initiative—despite lacking pavement provision and being home to families, children, and elderly individuals. In contrast, we note that the Inverboyndie Industrial Estate, which contains no residential properties and is also in a 60mph zone, has been selected for a 20mph limit. This disparity is both unfair and unsafe. We believe our road clearly meets the intention of the national strategy to protect communities with higher footfall and residential activity.