Societies are judged by how they take care of their most vulnerable. As you yourself, Mr Cameron, put it so very well: "...Fairness means giving money to help the poorest in society. People who are sick, who are vulnerable, the elderly - I want you to know we will always look after you. That's the sign of a civilised society and it's what I believe..." ... David Cameron 6 Oct 2010 Those in power should not be cynically trying to distract the public by attacking the weakest; the young, students, immigrants, sick, disabled and elderly. Don't expect everyone to be fooled by these tactics for too much longer. Sooner or later, they'll wake up and realise that they're next in line. Why not make our democratic society fairer by asking more from those who can afford it - those who have profited most from the shrinkage and privatisation of our national assets; the corporate companies, the bankers, CEOs and executives, the politicians with their own private health care companies, beancounters and lawyers, shareholders, the hedgefund managers, the private equity companies, PFI contractors, russian oligarchs, and other rich and thriving individuals? The lucky wealthy have grown richer by exploiting the poor and powerless, and this 'Bedroom Tax' is yet another attempt to reduce the welfare state. Meanwhile the government continues to cut, chipping away at our welfare state, disparaging worker representation through Unions, closing hospitals, schools, public housing, swimming pools, libraries, welfare benefits, ad nauseum. The rich don't need, and don't want to pay for, any of the welfare state - they just want to benefit from the rich prizes of opportunity as public services collapse, and they pick up the cherries. And, of course their wealth has grown enormously since the recession started. Despite the poor losing their homes, the wealthy continue to do very nicely "Thank you very much" on their fat salaries and fat pensions, insider / offshore dealings, their directorships, private schools, investments, private healthcare, property portfolio, gyms, golf clubs, not forgetting their offshore: bank accounts, companies, and lavish homes with untaxed spare bedrooms galore. Why are they so greedy? Why do they need my bedroom? Will they force me out of my home?

The employees of Remploy are mainly disabled and their work there provides them with a high degree of independance, self esteem and the benefits of working with other people. closing these factories, especialy in the current economic climate is likely to throw them on the mercy of the benefits system.

The law is a discriminatory one which relies on an individual police officer's judgement and, as such, is open to abuse. The police officer is open to criticism for misuse of the order and under 16 year old's are vulnerable to overzealous application and miss-accusations. The discriminatory nature of the order encourages the hatred and fear of young people and allows some to feel justified in discriminatory attitudes toward them. It encourages those who have suffered at the hands of badly behaved youths to believe that they are all like that and to become more afraid. It will only serve to alienate young people and make them feel that the police are there simply to control them but not to protect them. Already young people in Bangor are avoiding going out to the cinema and to after school clubs for fear of being caught in the curfew or of being beaten up by the marauding gangs that this order implies are on the loose in the city center. Bangor is a lovely historic place with much to offer young and old alike. It suffers from very little anti-social behavior apart from a very few people in limited areas and the usual after pub and club problems present in all cities. It is suffering in the downturn from an empty high street (the longest in the country) but there was no rioting in Bangor last year, the out of town JJB sports, PC World etc were not ransacked as was seen in other towns and cities across the UK, so why Bangor? There was no consultation with the public or even their elected representatives on the City Council. This is despite the ACPO guidance that there should be consultation with the effected community and a Rowntree report, which concludes that these laws have only been effective where consultation and involvement had taken place. This law is badly worded, heavy handed, discriminatory and draconian and it should be stopped now!

The Channel Island of Sark has just 600 inhabitants. They lead a peaceful and historic way of life that has remained largely unchanged for hundreds of years. The islanders get around on bikes or by horse and cart - there are no cars or tarmac roads on the island. It is a unique and beautiful place, a rare piece of tranquillity in a chaotic modern world. But now the billionaire owners of The Telegraph newspaper, the Barclay brothers, are threatening that way of life. Twenty years ago, they bought the tiny neighbouring island of Brecqhou and built a huge mock gothic castle that looms over Sark. Ever since, they have been buying up every hotel, small business and piece of land they can get their hands on. The islands status as a tax haven means the brothers have to pay no tax on their fortune back to the UK. The Sarkees have been doing everything they can to resist their power over the island. In 2008, the Barclays tried to flood the island's first democratically elected government with their allies. When the islanders emphatically rejected them in favour of their own representatives, the brothers retaliated by firing everyone who worked in any of the businesses they had bought out - that amounted to a sixth of Sark's population losing their jobs. It doesn't end there. Those who speak out against the brothers' stranglehold on the island are publicly dragged through the dirt in the Sark Newsletter - a weekly propaganda piece written by the Barclays' lieutenant, Kevin Delaney. The islanders recently told the Guardian and BBC that they live in fear in a "culture of bullying and intimidation." The Barclay brothers company Sark Estate Management (SEM) has turned much of their good quality agricultural land over to vineyards, land that was traditionally used by the islanders for centuries for growing crops and grazing livestock. In November 2012 a peaceful protest at the Sark Mill vineyards against the spread of vines resulted in 120 Sark residents signing a petition asking the Barclays to reconsider their vineyard project but this was ignored. SEM continue to spray the vineyards with chemicals and residents fear for the health of Sark's pristine ecosystem and their fresh water supplies which come from under the ground. Sark is a dependency of the Crown but, so far, our government has left the islanders to fend for themselves. The Department of Justice has admitted that it has an "ultimate responsibility to ensure good governance" of Sark. They are aware of what's going on - former Justice Minister Lord McNally has already been to visit the island. It's time Lord Faulks, the new Justice Minister and Chris Grayling, the Secretary of State for Justice, lived up to that responsibility. You can find out more about the situation in Sark in this recent Panorama show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01px74c/Panorama_The_Tax_Haven_Twins/ Or this earlier Today programme piece: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9709000/9709518.stm

The age of criminal responsibility in England is one the lowest in Europe, and the statistics show that we are in danger of criminalising too many children and young people. The age of criminal responsibility needs to be reviewed in light of the standards set by the UN Convention and these international comparisons. Young children are simply not capable of the sophisticated mental reasoning required to be held fully responsible for criminal actions, and we need to take a far more "welfare based" approach in dealing with young people who commit serious crimes. Furthermore, there is concern among neuroscientists in this field that the age of criminal responsibility in the UK is unreasonably low given the emerging understanding of how slowly the brains of children mature, and the evidence of individual differences suggests that an arbitrary cut-off age may not be justifiable.

The large sandpit and wooden climbing structures within it, have provided endless numbers of children with an amazing space for creative play and development. Many children spend hours at a time in this sandpit area. Many friendships have been made and young people come together across a range of ages. Parents, family members and carers also find the space a perfect place to sit and enjoy family time whilst building closer relationships with others from across the local communities and further afield. Replacing this area with 'tiger mulch' (a rubber based surface) will completely change this amazing space, arguably reducing the time people both young and older, from all walks of life, spend together here. It also makes parts of the wooden climbing structures that are in this area redundant, as they are designed for creative play using sand (and there will be no more sand there). Whilst there is another sand pit area in the playground, this is smaller and was, for various reasons designed predominantly for toddler aged children, to have their own dedicated space.

An unarmed British registered aid ship, named  Madleen, of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, was intercepted, boarded illegally, in international waters, by Israeli forces on 8-9 June 2025. 12 International and unarmed volunteers on board were forced off the ship by the Israeli forces -  4 have been deported and 8 are now being held by the Israeli government against their will. The Madleen's voyage  is one of several attempts to send humanitarian aid to Gaza via small flotillas of ships. It is the responsibility of all citizens of the world to speak out.  Genocide is happening in Gaza.  The volunteers on this ship were carrying needed supplies for Palestinian people.   The Madleen, being a British ship, is an extension to UK territory, therefore the UK Government must show commitment to international law and to the 8 remaining detainees and take action against Israel . We ask that you email your local MP to put pressure on the UK Government to act and ask that you would please sign this petition to ask the UK Government to act now.

Other people should join this campaign because roadworks and closures are affecting everyone — causing daily delays, missed school and work, increased stress, and higher pollution. By standing together, we can demand better planning, smarter coordination, and real accountability from those in charge. When more voices speak up, we send a powerful message that Londoners deserve roads that work for people, not against them. Change will only happen if we all push for it. 

This is not MY campaign, it is Your campaign. I am an old man, a product of the past, and of an age where charity and service were taken for granted. This as a campaign for young people. People whose lives and ambitions are yet to come, and have the wish to live them in health and comfort. People who can look around themselves and see what's happening, who can look across the Atlantic and see the realities of the system that we are in danger of becoming a carbon copy of, that can look far closer and see some of the tragedies that are already happening close to home with just the small changes that have already occurred, and people also who have the foresight and strength to change what is happening and replace it with something far, far better.  The general condition of the people's health and welfare, has for a variety of reasons medical, political and environmental never been as bad throughout the entire history of the Health Service as it is today.  We are starting from a level  far lower than at the NHS's original inauguration, and the root causes of this low commencement level will have to be addressed at the same time and speed as the rebuilding of the service to have any chance of a successful outcome. It will be an uphill struggle. The original inauguration of the NHS took place at a time of great hope and enthusiasm, we had just emerged from a devastating war and were determined to build a better world in the future. The present time is one of doom, gloom and general apathy, where reasons why "not to bother" are far more important than the reasons to succeed.

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In September the Welsh Government has proposed to cut down school transport and only offer the services to children attending the nearest local school. At this time children who are attending schools further afield are able to attend the school of their choice with the current bus services offered. This affects the children firstly.  As of September 2025 these facilities are being cut. This is not only going to affect the amount of cars on the roads but it will also target families on lower incomes, families with vulnerabilities and could potentially affect many young people's education if they are to forced to attend a different school due to the cuts. This does not support the proposed bill offered by the Welsh Government but acts against it.  Public transport services have already been cut in recent months and now they are cutting the school transport services. This area is desperately in need of more transport. Not the cuts that are being enforced. This will have a negative impact on many families, specifically those who are in need of more support. But again this will first affect the children first who are already settled in their chosen schools and potentially affect their progress in their education. 

The importance of keeping domestic cats indoors is to save our native species  In my own garden one cat has killed 9 nesting great tits 7 nesting wrens and a group of slow worms  This cannot continue across the country all our wildlife is fighting for survival cats are making things much graver for them and long term our fragile eco systems will be destroyed