• Stop the Green Lanes/Totternhoe Knolls Dog Poisoning Incidents
    Many local residents are worried by these incidents and many now feel unable to use this area (the largest accessible area of green space in North Dunstable) to exercise their dogs due to the risk. This will force more people to use other green spaces in Houghton Regis etc. It's not ideal in a pandemic to have to travel in the car to exercise dogs. There are at least ten dogs dead or very seriously ill in the last year (and possibly many more, as many people didn't realise the frequency of the issue until last summer). We're deeply concerned by the ongoing nature of these incidents and worried about the safety of families and pets who use the area.
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    Created by Lindsay Stronge
  • Plastic Pollution: Producers Must Pay
    When Exxon or BP create an oil slick, they are made to pay for its clear up. Rightly so! But the likes of Coca Cola and Nestle and many others are creating a plastic slick all over the world and they walk away without a care in the world. And they blame us! The world is struggling under the weight of all our waste, very little of it is actually recycled, and wildlife especially then oceans is suffering. Plastic is being found in the guts of innocent creatures everywhere and they are dying as a result. Fishing tackle and nets are being dumped overboard killing countless animals needlessly and no one does anything to stop it. Its time that producers were made pay for the costs they cause us in dealing with the waste disposal and recycling and also for stopping and clearing up the pollution in our environment. A scheme to incentivise fishermen not the chuck nets away is overdue. It is time for the environmental cost of plastic pollution to be taken account of. It is well documented now that certain chemicals in plastic are causing fertility problems in humans and wildlife. The end result of all this pollution is unthinkable. It is in humanity's power to stop it and we should start with making the polluters change their ways.
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  • As our MP, please support the Climate & Ecological Emergency Bill
    The Climate Change Act (2008) was passed after 412 MPs supported an Early Day Motion in 2005. This was a ground-breaking bill, but the climate and ecological emergency has been getting steadily worse. In May 2019 the Act was amended with enhanced targets, but there is still a long way to go. The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill--the CEE Bill—would bring together a representative cross-section of British people in a Citizens’ Assembly. They would listen to experts, have thorough discussions, and report with realistic plans to limit climate change, biodiversity loss, and the injustices they cause in the world. These plans would be taken up by government. The Bill has been supported by nearly 100 MPs so far, and was due for a second reading on 26th March 2021, but is likely to be delayed after the Government suspended Friday sittings. Please join the campaign to get this law onto our statute books and to help protect life on our beautiful planet. ► Find out more at https://www.ceebill.uk/resources ► Join the Twitter storm on 26th February, the day when the second reading was previously due in Parliament
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  • Reduction of state retirement age post pandemic
    This will be better for the economy with less people receiving universal credit and more tax revenue. It will allow young to have the better working life the deserve, help their mental health. It will also allow grandparents to support with child care earlier and to have a more healthy retirement
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    Created by Gill Parnham
  • Save our school
    Powys County Council wants to close our local primary school. If Churchstoke primary school is closed, children could go to English schools, and Powys County Council would have to pay to bus them there. This school is important because there are more family's moving into the area and would have an impact on working family's like myself to have a school that is local to us. My partner works full time as a support worker my boys go to that school and 1 of them have autism the other suspected autism/adhd since we moved to the area and the boys went to the school they have come on realy well my oldest has 1to1 and if the school closes down will have a negative impact on them mentally and emotionally and with change will take them back to square 1. Keeping the school is really important for both the children and the local area.
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  • Additional holiday to thank convenience store workers
    During this pandemic convenience store workers have been at the heart of the community from before the sun rises until long after everyone is in bed to ensure that everyone in the community is not just fed but able to utilise basic services such as bill payments and cash withdrawals. They are often the invisible servants of the community who are always there to set you on your way in the morning or be there if your missing an item for your evening leisure time. You may run out of gas at 9pm but you'll be warm through the night as they can top up your meter. It's not just convenience store workers, the Act should cover all defined key workers, those who keep transport running, drivers, mechanics, engineers, communications, NHS workers, refuse collectors, post office workers, delivery drivers, those at electric and water companies, dentists any role defined as a key worker (I'm writing this up fast whilst looking after a newborn so forgive me for not mentioning other key workers, you are all hero's) one extra days holiday entitlement every year is a very small way to say thank you to all the courageous souls on the front line. Thanks for supporting, God bless you.
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    Created by Alexander Gray
  • Pay award for District Nurses
    District nurses have 24 hour responsibility for caseload of patients, most of the time over 100 patients, DN are first line mangers to teams of community nursing staff. District nursing is losing experienced nurses to hospital environments due to the lack of professional recognition and associated pay scale. As DN service transforms to meet the needs of the population, the care DN provide is complex and unlike hospitals, our wards are never closed, we are the wards without walls. Any investment in District nursing is to protect admission to acute care and not as a specialist service in its own right. With money invested in prevention admission , enhanced community care and acute frailty teams. District nurses were previously thought of as pillars of the community, supporting families for centuries. Now they themselves are requiring to be supported The people of Scotland deserve to have highly specialised community nurses in the heart of their community; improving health outcomes, supporting self care and providing end of life care at home. Please give the DISTRICT NURSES the professional recognition and the financial equality of hospital based nursing staff in Scotland
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    Created by Jacqueline Finnegan
  • "I May Destroy You" - a popular award and a protest
    Systemic racism, sexism, transphobia and ableism shouldn't be allowed to stand. Let's find other ways to reward and congratulate success that don't rely on institutional approval or recognition.
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    Created by Recognise Talent
  • LGBTQ children mental health
    That isnt even a question like this is so important because part of the reason for homophobia is because children arnt taught about being LGBT
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    Created by Tyler Wright
  • Parish Council Climate Change Duties
    The threat from climate change and the human impact of humans on the environment is daunting. Much like the foundation of the NHS was based on the mutual aid societies set up by ordinary people, we need to support the organisation of local grassroots initiatives to save the planet, rather than just waiting for legislation and international agreements
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    Created by James Walker
  • Commemorative 50p coin for Capt Sir Tom Dunn and the NHS
    This coin can be another way of providing funds, but also keeping his Legacy and Memory alive. Commemorating the fight against Covid 19
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    Created by Andy Bridger
  • Commemorative 50p coin for Capt Sir Tom Moore and the NHS
    This coin can be another way of providing funds, but also keeping Sir Tom's Legacy and Memory alive,
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    Created by Andy Bridger