Current planning law states that if a developer will make less than 20% profit on a new development, they can ignore a council's regulations about building affordable and social housing. Leaked documents from several developers have shown that the maths they use to work out their profit margins are purposefully misleading, allowing them to claim they will make less than 20% profit on a development by undervaluing the prices of the houses they will sell and over-costing the labour. To combat this Islington, Greenwich, Lambeth and Bristol councils have introduced a policy that forces developers "viability assessments" to be made public. By bringing these dodgy maths into the public domain, Councils, campaigning groups and individuals will be able to hold developers to account and force them to use more honest maths.

The plastic waste in our oceans and open land is growing, this is killing off many wonderful species, farm animals and birds. It is also getting into the food chain and is toxic. "Biodegradable" balloons burst to look like jellyfish and take 6 months to rot away, but balloon manufacturers say "as fast as an oak leaf", so people assume they are fast rotting. Lastly, helium is a finite resource which should not be used for balloon releases.

The alignment of state pension age for both sexes has resulted in serious financial disadvantage for women born in the early 1950s. A retrospective compensation payment to this group will be a significant financial issue, and this petition, though sympathetic, is not aligning itself to this cause. It is widely known that many women are suffering from financial problems due to the pensions mess and there are many petitions fighting this cause. Having a free bus pass will help alleviate some of the problems that these women face.

It is an iconic building donated to local authority in middle 1840's for the use of local community uses despite of this restriction the Ealing Council is leasing it out for 250 years. The building came to prominence in 1979 when the community rose up and confronted the National Front from holding the meeting at this building. In process over 800 people were arrested and 344 were charged; and Blair Peach died by the hands of Special Petrol Group. This was inspiration for anti-racist struggle in whole country and indeed internationally. Proposal had been sent to Ealing Council to maintain the building at no cost to them and Infact offering rent of £30,000 - but the Council had not stopped the sale.

The rainforests of the world have been devastated in the last 50 years, 80% of the worlds rainforests have already been removed, This must stop now, millions of already endangered animals and insects will be affected and killed by this. Out future generations won't know what rainforests are if we don't act now.

This is important because: • Mountain Ash and neighbouring communities who use the Jobcentre Plus at Mountain Ash have a high level of digital exclusion. The Jobcentre Plus provides vital support for the local population to regularly access job opportunities • The distance between Aberdare and Mountain Ash does not take into account the distance some claimants already have to travel to attend the Mountain Ash office. • The extra cost of travel must be taken into account and assurance given that no claimant will be out of pocket if this closure goes ahead • Mountain Ash and its neighbouring communities are recognised as amongst the most deprived communities in Wales. This closure will be another blow to an already impoverished community. • Many claimants suffer from ill-health, often including mental ill-health, and require support as locally as possible. • This Tory Government decision to centralise facilities and take staff from local (and deprived) communities, flies in the face of the Welsh Government Strategy ‘Better Jobs, Closer to Home’. This petition is organised by Welsh Labour Grassroots RCT & People’s Assembly RCT and supported by: Mountain Ash Branch Labour Party; Cllr. Andrew Morgan; Cllr. Wendy Treeby; Cynon Valley Constituency Labour Party; Ann Clwyd, Member of Parliament; Vikki Howells, Assembly Member; PCS Union Wales, DWP Bridgend / RCT Branch; Accessible News, Aberdare and Disabled People Against the Cuts.

The residents of Princess Mary Gate have contributed over the years to the maintenance and growth of the planting around the development. Many of us are very angry at the decision to simply rip out many plants and trees and replace them with grassed areas.

It is important that Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service continue to provide a specialist rescue capability operating from the strategic locations of Taunton, Yeovil and Glastonbury - that Firefighters based at those locations can maintain their skills and experience for the benefit of those living, working, visiting or passing through the geographical area of Somerset. A loss of this provision will be detrimental to this life safety in the Somerset community and can not adequately be provided from further afield locations outwith the County area. It is a strategically important capability that the County has had for many years and should continue to have provided by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.

Wearing the type of shoes enforced by the school decreases movement and exercise at break and lunch times. Movement and exercise has been proven to provide both physical and mental benefits. Some children walk long distances to and from school and the type of shoes being enforced are not suitable for this and may in turn see pupils abandoning beneficial walks and resorting to other forms of transport. We urge the school to be more flexible and reconsider its policy on footwear for the health of its pupils. Trainers have been designed as a progressive step towards increasing comfort and activity and we therefore find the schools policy on footwear regressive. Any suggestion to bring in a spare pair of comfortable shoes is impractical not to mention an added expense.

Rossington, Doncaster, has seen a massive increase in the number of flies, hundreds are entering homes on a daily basis. It is unhygienic and upsetting to residents who have put up with worsening conditions over the last 2 years. Businesses have been warned to improve their waste disposal and cleanliness but no lasting action has taken place and the issue has in fact worsened, leaving residents ill.

Indigo operate a poorly run car park for the demand it gets, and feel it is appropriate to fine staff because they have to park in the "wrong" space. Help NHS staff do their jobs without worrying about paying thousands of pounds in parking fines and cancel any outstanding debt. We should value our NHS workers, not make them re-mortgage their house to pay fines for something they had no choice over. Why should they save someone's life then find they got a parking ticket?

Grenfell Changes Everything Context When we had a black bag service each refuse wagon had 5 workers; when the new wheelie bins were introduced this went down to 3. One is the driver of the wagon; who has to hold a HGV licence and they manoeuvre those large vehicles in Birmingham’s tightest spaces. A driver depending on an appraisal system can earn between £25,000-£31,000 Grade 4. There is then a Leading Hand, their job is to make sure that they are all kept safe. They are the driver’s eyes at the back and side of the vehicle; they are in charge of talking to the public and making sure that people stay away from the back of the vehicle. They also collect the bins and empty them in the vehicle and are Grade 3 earning between £19,000 and £24,500. Then there is the loader whose job it is to collect bins and load them. Their pay is between £15,000 and £18,500. Since 2008 these workers have all had their pay cut twice. We believe that the service has suffered from mis-management over the last few years with 4 different senior managers. There has been no consistent management of the service and the depots have been filled with agency members of staff, some who have been there for many years. Birmingham’s Rubbish The number of households is growing as well as the number of people and this creates more rubbish. Since the council was forced to start charging for certain services more and more rubbish is being left on the streets. There is literally tons of rubbish collected every single day that is not calculated for. The council have worked out a budget for the area based on simply collecting the actual wheelie bins – not all of the extra rubbish now being tipped and so they have overspent their budget and are attempting to cuts workers’ pay to pay for this. The government have cut £650M from the council budget since 2010 and this has affected everything. Over half the workforce has already been made redundant and like in Kensington & Chelsea, health and safety checks are not carried out as often meaning more people’s lives are put at risk. Workers that keep our city clean work throughout the year outside in all weathers. The job is dirty and dangerous but they take pride in their work. The councils plan to remove the Leading Hand role and replace it with another grade 2 post is not acceptable. None of the workers are responsible for the need to make cuts. Birmingham’s streets will not be getting any cleaner unless we invest in our services. The unions in consultation with the workforce had been working on alternative proposals to make the savings the council wanted, by improving the way the work is organised, not cutting workers pay or making them redundant, but at the last minute the council chose to impose the changes. Without these workers our city would be impossible to live in, the job they do is vital, just like the firefighters, the nurses and all the people being made to pay for the mess caused by greedy investment bankers. In the sixth richest economy in the world we can afford world class public services. Austerity is a political choice it is not an economic necessity and the council should invest in the workforce and in our city and demand that Central Government provide the funds to do so.