This is important as Coventry is the city of peace and reconciliation and will soon be city of culture

In 2017, a report by the Local Government Ombudsman called "Lifting the lid on bin complaints" revealed that 81% of complaints about council waste and recycling were upheld. Many complaints concerned issues linked to outsourcing of council waste collection to private companies. Complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman represent a small fragment of all disputes between service users and waste collection service-providers around the UK. However, it does have an important role in ensuring standards are met within waste collection, protecting service-user rights and reporting back to Local Authorities on best practice. At present, individuals and business operators who use private waste collection companies, or brokers, for their waste removal or recycling have no opportunity to complain to an independent ombudsman who could adjudicate in disputes without the need for court action. This is unfair, and a missed opportunity to learn from mistakes in the industry. An Ombudsman can collect evidence-based data, and give guidance on best practice for the benefit of customers, public health and the environment.

This move will increase advertises costs at a time when small businesses are closing down and receiving little help from the government. The livelihood of small business owners is being eroded by large conglomerates like Google and Amazon.

Memo to Boris Johnson and Jeffrey Donaldson who is leading the call for Lewis Hamilton to be knighted. How about using your influence amongst your parliamentary colleagues to recommend Jonathan Rea from NI - world superbike champion in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 - the most successful World SBK rider in the championship history, for a knighthood, too? He still lives in the country.

I agree with the additional funds given over 4 years to our armed forces, it will generate much new technology, employ more staff, and, rightly or wrongly, increase our market share as an arms exporter. HOWEVER, just, if not more vital, is the same amount of money given to begin the largest social housing project yet seen in the UK. The number of people it will remove from the unemployment figures into paid work will be astonishing, from builders to the carpet fitters and much more beyond.

BUGLER Paul Goose has lifted spirits with nightly renditions of The Last Post from his doorstep EVERY night since the first lockdown It was the army veteran’s very personal tribute to the casualties of coronavirus as well as NHS frontline heroes – and it has raised almost £10,000 so far for Barnsley Hospital’s intensive care unit. His livestream performances have been viewed across the borough – and the world. Many supporters reckoned his dedication was worthy of inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records – but this week, the publishers snubbed his achievements as ‘too specific’ – an outlandish claim from the people behind a book whose ‘not too specific’ records include: - Most apples held in the mouth and cut by a chainsaw in one minute. - The longest distance keeping a table lifted with teeth. - Most canned drinks opened by a parrot in one minute. We want to help Paul to get his well-deserved Guinness World Record for his dedication to fundraising throughout the past seven months.

There are hundred of thousands of airlines consumers left without refunds after cancellation of flights due to Covid-19 disruptions that are yet to receive full refundable tickets money. For instance British Airways refused to refund customers for cancellations caused by Covid 19 through no fault of consumers.

It is important now because change is again iminent because of the national debt, fuelled by covid induced borrowing. Where will the government look to find money?...income tax is to be expected. Raising taxes are currently under discussion and this is bound to include raising tax on pensions. Once more it is the people who can afford it least, those who have invested most, huge amounts from thier salaries over forty or more years, who will be robbed of their life long intended benefits. This comes at a time when the same people will be denied any other benefits due to unemployment and lack of resources... because they have a pension of some kind. I feel we need to call for a 'shield' in raising tax on pensions, and most importantly the wasp women, who already had thier pensions stolen for six whole years in advance. I suggest that shielding pensioners and raising the personal tax allowance so that occupational pensions don't lower state pension, is one viable way forward to protect and compensate. In my own case , I spent almost £36, 000 of my lump sum from my occupational pension on the higher education for my family, when I was suddenly made redundant. This left a very small monthly amount, which has caused me to lose £150 of my monthly state pension, now that I finally can receive it. Where are the planned benefits of 40+ years of paying into a pension scheme for my older years? How can a teacher, for example, be called upon to work on until, now, 70yrs to benefit from pension rights? On the other hand , how many employers will employ you aged 66yrs, presently?... and yet you are expected to survive on this and pay your bills? After a life time of work and bringing up families, our contributions are being eaten up by the government both before we get them and after we have got them. There is no incentive in life for our children to pay huge contributions from their hard earned pay not to begin to begin to benefit until such an advanced age. What then will be our life expectancy? This is imoral.. from a government who claim expenses for thier meals whilst on huge salaries and deny the kids on the line of poverty free meals. A government with the loop hole to allow these 'business lunches' to by -pass the rule of 6 upheld for others an we can't celebrate our kids' graduations or family occasions. A government getting rich on abusing tax payers' money on PPE and giving jobs for their mates, while we all endure unemployment, instead of tendering contracts with transparency.

Stifford Road is one of the main routes in and out of Aveley Village which is used by all types of vehicles including HGV's. The Safety of children and all is compromised greatly by there being no crossing outside the school. It is reported that the Lollipop Person has also been struck by a vehicle on more than one occasion therefore no crossing is no longer an option with regards to safety.

The Country, and indeed the world, is currently facing a catastrophic pandemic that is causing not only death on a massive scale but also higher levels of unemployment and job loss that have not been seen since the recession in 2008. The current Stamp Duty holiday, whilst currently creating a boom in the housing market, is set to cause a bottleneck in March 2021 with the end of the furlough scheme and the end of the Help to Buy Equity Loan for anyone who is not a First Time Buyer. Not only will this bottleneck cause agents and lawyers to exceed their capacity more than they already have (leading to potential indemnity insurance claims when some individuals do not complete before the end of the Stamp Duty holiday) but it will worsen an expected dip in the market in the second quarter of 2021. It is vital that the Stamp Duty holiday be extended to allow the market to recover naturally whilst a vaccine is introduced and people return to work (for their old employers or new).

Farmers livelihood and gamekeepers livelihood at risk because of the damage they do.

Covid-19 proves that financial security is impossible to predict and children that are born into a family, that then require welfare support, do not qualify for support purely based on their birth order. This means that older children get less of their entitlement than their peers in two child families. This may push children into poverty.