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Police investigation into PPE contracts given to Conservative party donors and ministers friendsTo stop Corruption in British politics.80 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Alan Raymond
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UK Government support the COVAX initiativeThe World Health Organization's website advises that with a global pandemic like Covid-19, no-one is safe unless everyone is safe. News agencies are reporting that wealthy countries have excess amounts of vaccine stock. One report stated that Canada has enough to vaccinate their entire population twice. In addition, Canada, and countries in a similar position have orders for further stocks of vaccine waiting to be fulfilled. Meanwhile WHO reports that hardly any vaccinations have taken place in poorer nations. If the science of WHO is correct, the best action for everyone would be to support the COVAX initiative, and ensure as many people as possible are vaccinated.17 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Michael Johnson
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Ashley road speed bumpsTo many speeding cars on this road29 of 100 SignaturesCreated by William Morton
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REMOVE THE 1750 POUNDS FEES TO BE PAID BY PASSENGERS FOR QUARRANTINE IN HOTELS.This is improtant because not everyone is rich enough to afford it and alot of people have planned to travel for many reasons that are important to them befor these restrictions came to place. It is very unfair and inhuman not considering the less priviledge in a society thats meant to be rational in decision.7 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Peter Aguinam
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Move Government Administration Sectors to cities outside of LondonWhy concentrate all the tax funded projects in & around London, while the rest of the country must either be dragged in there to find work, or suffer the minimalist finances reserved for the North.4 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Graham Smith
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Captain Sir Thomas Moore daythe day Captain Tom passed is a day that should be celebrated in the calendar by everyone. Espescially the younger generations who didn't know about Captain Sir Thomas Moore and the amazing things he did and acheived in his lifetime. He was a hero and a hero he shall remain, but it wont be too long before his efforts and acheivments are. and will be forgotten. r.i.p Tom92 of 100 SignaturesCreated by frank pickard
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Prevent evictions. Pay housing benefits to tenants, not landlords.Paying benefits to landlords and letting agencies can lead to evictions, certainly right now during the pandemic. It also weakens the tenants' positions in other ways. 1. Such tenants lose the overview of how much gets paid when and to whom because they have no access to that information. This means that tenants can be getting into rent arrears without being aware of it. Mistakes are sometimes made without tenants having any knowledge of them. 2. A great deal of postal mail is currently going missing because of the pandemic and many council offices and other offices are closed. Some offices have been closed since the start of the first national lockdown in March 2020. This means that the communication between benefit-paying agencies and tenants can go awry without tenants being aware of it and this can even result in benefits having been cut without tenants being aware. 3. In practice, such tenants have to rely on their landlords and letting agents to learn about any rent arrears and the size of such rent arrears and often will have to take the landlords and letting agencies’ word for it. That is certainly often the case right now, with the pandemic hampering so many councils and other organisations. Tenants and letting agencies often only let their tenants know that there is a problem after arrears have accrued substantially as this makes it much easier to evict tenants and it makes it possible to overcome coronavirus eviction regulations. (Some landlords even have their own "guy at the council".) 4. Each of these three aforementioned points can lead to eviction notices and eviction proceedings. It is currently much harder for tenants to counter the threat of eviction, because of the pandemic. Even if the tenant is successful and manages to stop an eviction, it takes away resources from various parties including the courts. It is stressful and time-consuming for most tenants. Stress lowers disease resistance. 5. When benefit payments go to landlords and letting agents instead of to tenants, this weakens the tenants’ financial standing as the banks do not see these payments coming in to the tenants' bank accounts, which classifies tenants in a lower income bracket. This can mean that certain options are not available to tenants. It can lead to higher and additional expenses for these tenants as well as to extra paperwork. 6. Not letting tenants handle their own payments weakens their financial skills. 7. Not allowing people with lower incomes to receive their own benefits and pay their own rents is a form of socio-economic discrimination. If there are budgeting concerns, then it would be better to put such tenants in touch with budgeting consultants or pair them up with peers or others who can support such tenants if needed. All of the above applies equally to housing benefits paid by councils or the DWP and portions of Universal Credit paid by the DWP. I was evicted in 2010 when I was 50 and I became homeless back then, briefly. I was unaware at the time that my housing benefits were not going to my landlady. I found out a few years later, when I managed to repay my landlady in full. (The latter had no effect at all on my credit score, in spite of having gotten a statement from the court.) At my current address, a great deal of my postal mail goes missing or is delayed by up to as much as 12 months, sometimes. Last year (2020), one letter from the council took 5 months to arrive and many packages went missing. I don't know how many letters I have not received, but I recently found out about several important letters from the council that I never got last year. A letter from another council from which I had requested old council tax information went missing as well. I am not the only one whose mail has gone missing since the start of the pandemic; the BBC has reported on this several times, such as here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55652461 And we all wrestle with the uncertainty that the lockdown brings with regard to what "the new normal" is. We don't know what to expect of various services, we often can't enquire in person as the offices are closed and many of us are probably heeding the request not to burden government agencies too much with our questions right now. Renewing my driving licence also took four, five months in 2020, after all, because of Covid. This pandemic is affecting us all in many ways, more than most of us are aware of. Housing benefits should always go to tenants so that when something goes wrong, tenants will be able to notice it right away.4 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Angelina Souren
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Students finance for single immigrant mothers.Because single mothers need to be able to have higher education in order to help their children at home with their studies. Most children of single mothers are behind their studies because their mothers don't have the knowledge and skills to teach them at home. Single mothers may not have the means to employ private professional teachers.14 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Marian Anim-Boadi
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Punish the racism of Gregory Campbell MPNorth West Migrants Forum is a network of individuals working together to tackle racial inequality and prejudice in Gregory Campbell's constituency of Derry/Londonderry. They have come out strongly against these comments and we must stand behind them. North West Migrants Forum state: "Mr Campbell’s statement is not a trivial matter; it is deeply irresponsible. It is deeply worrying that Mr Campbell can confidently display such clear bias, apparently without fear of challenge or accountability. Given his role as an elected representative and public servant, Mr Campbell’s statement cannot go unchallenged; the potential costs are too high. Just weeks since the horrific attack on the Belfast Multicultural Association, it is alarming that a political leader thinks it appropriate to use this kind of race-baiting to secure some sort of perceived political advantage, regardless of the consequences." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-559700584 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Nicola Browne
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Fix the pothole problem in ArbroathThe pothole problem within Angus is costing the people who live there money with unnecessary car repairs that could easily be avoided if the council fixed the problem.853 of 1,000 SignaturesCreated by Jordan Watson
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STOP the Goods Vehicle Operator’s Licence in Station Road BricketwoodWhy is this important? 1) Environmentally, Bricketwood is already suffocating from road traffic pollution from the surrounding motorways and A roads. 2) Residents in this small village cannot and should not be subjected to any further impact by the addition of 12 heavy goods vehicles plus 6 heavy goods trailers continuously entering and exiting the site multiple times every day via all connecting local village streets and roads. 3) The applicant should find a site specifically built and managed accordingly and suitable for there business operating needs, ideally being located within a business park or industrial estate from which other similar businesses operate and of which were built solely to accommodate such vehicle use and business operations as the applicant provides. 4) If the site is to be developed and or used, it must be used solely for the provision of new housing, though officially the site is registered as a green belt site and as such should be left empty. If not, then the only consideration of use must be for new housing, enabling inner London home owners and or first time buyers to move out and enjoy village life, without the daily pounding of heavy goods vehicles on our streets. 5) Many people walk to the local school of which already, the pavements are not wide enough and on many occasions pedestrians are forced to actually walk in the roads to pass others also on foot and especially more so now with COVID! 6) Increased numbers of heavy vehicles will create additional noise and vibration for residents and will set off car alarms as lorries thunder pass and potential damage to building. 7) Station road (the road in which these vehicles would be operating from), has a public foot path on just one side as the other side is woodland. This endangers pedestrians and motorists on the on coming opposite Lane, when heavy goods vehicles such as in the application, have to drive over the centre white lines (as the existing roads are no wide enough), simply to get to to link roads. 8) There is a small bridge also on Station Road with a low height restriction. The bridge is positioned on what is a very sharp bend (90 degree corner and blind spot), which these large vehicles cannot maneuver around without crossing the centre white lines, causing a possible fatal accident with an either an on coming vehicle on the opposite side and or a pedestrian. 9) The amount of vehicles within the application are approximately 6 times as many as operated by the previous site users. Not only 6 times more, but will probably access the site 2 to 3 times every day, creating 54 individual heavy goods vehicles up and down our residential roads every day, 7 days a week from 6.30 in the morning to 18.30. This is unacceptable. Please sign so this can be stopped immediately362 of 400 SignaturesCreated by Darren Kopitko
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Save the playground treeThe branches which were unsafe have been removed but the trunk is scheduled for removal despite it being safe and the trunk could be carved for the children37 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Rhona Stephens
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