At a time when the disabled, sick and aged are being chosen to once again pay the price for successive government's failures, it flies in the face of fairness that these already well paid individuals enjoy such subsidies and expenses.

Getting paid while on placement would make a huge difference to me. As I’m about to start ODP (operating department practitioner), I’ve heard how time-consuming and stressful placements can be, with long hours that leave very little time to work alongside studying. Being paid would help ease the financial pressure of travel and everyday expenses, allowing me to focus on learning, gaining confidence, and becoming the best healthcare professional I can be and this applies to other students who are also doing courses in the healthcare field.

The solution is clear and achievable: 1. Expand legal aid for financially vulnerable parents - No mother should lose her home, savings, or stability because she cannot afford representation. 2. Introduce mandatory safeguarding checks when children disclose harm Children’s statements must be taken seriously = Courts should not dismiss disclosures simply because they come from the parent with less financial power. 3. Require full and transparent financial disclosure from both parties -  No parent should be able to hide income, savings, or affordability. 4. Create a “Vulnerable Litigant Protection Pathway” -  A simple, fast process that gives vulnerable parents: support guidance representation protection from coercion 5. Commission an urgent review into how family courts handle financial imbalance and children’s disclosures -  We need accountability, data, and reform. I’m Tracy, a mum from Wales, and I’m speaking up because the family court system has left me — and thousands of other women — financially devastated, unheard, and unprotected. After giving birth, I expected life to be hard, but I never imagined the real trauma would come later, inside a system that is supposed to protect families. When my relationship ended, I entered family court without the money to hire a solicitor. That single fact changed everything. I lost my home, my savings, my pension rights, and my financial stability — not because I was irresponsible, but because I simply couldn’t afford representation while the other parent could.  The financial imbalance meant my voice carried less weight. My evidence was harder to present. My concerns were easier to dismiss. Even when children speak up about harm, courts often minimise or overlook their disclosures if the parent raising concerns is the one with fewer resources. This isn’t just my experience — it’s happening to women across the UK.  Family court is meant to protect children and support parents, but right now it is failing the very people who need it most. Women who cannot afford legal help are losing everything: their homes, their financial security, and sometimes even their ability to protect their children. No mother should be punished for being financially vulnerable. No child’s voice should be ignored because one parent has more money. I’m sharing my story because this isn’t just about me. It’s about every woman who has been financially overpowered, every child whose words were brushed aside, and every family who has been harmed by a system that does not recognise financial inequality as a safeguarding risk. We need change. We need protection. We need fairness. And we need it now. The financial imbalance meant my voice carried less 

Since the first day I started skating I was welcomed into a community of various skaters on different levels, we all help eachother with tricks and tips and at that point it’s not just you, it’s the community you’ve built that want you to progress and land that trick you’ve been learning, with these bylaws it’s effectively killing us off, there is no good parks in Manchester anymore and the only one we had was gooseside DIY but they destroyed it and are turning it into a walking path… 

​Ben Stokes is the heartbeat of England cricket. He isn't just a world-class all-rounder; he is a transformative leader whose grit, match-winning heroism, and inspiring presence define the team's identity. Removing him strips the squad of its vital spark and elite experience—we need him on the field to win.

The billionaires who will profit from Data Centres can afford to build desalination plants and generate their own electricity.  Our supplies of water and electricity must be preserved for the public. People in Kent, and other regions already do not have enough water for their needs.

Because this is what my downstairs neighbours are repeatedly doing against me! They are not taking out their rubbish for weekly collections. There is flagrant, consistent trespassing and fly-tipping in the backyard that I have an exclusive legal right to use, apart from the private landlord and anyone I grant permission to (which obviously isn't them)! They have also allowed the building and erection of an illegal backyard kennel. They mistreat and seem to neglect their three dogs too much, who bark incessantly. They do DIY in unsocial hours and have numerous loud and vile domestics. He has verbally abused me and my Mum, verging on threatening both of us on occasion, which I've emailed Coventry City Council all about and had to contact the police over!

Walking down the road when the bins are out for collection is near on impossible at times. The public and local residents are heavily affected by this lack of space. This matters to me because councils do not currently spend enough money on these kinds of services, leaving our pavements blocked and difficult to navigate. 

I feel this issue is the root of most other problems.

It matters to me as this money would be better spent elsewhere, eg the NHS, highways, education.

Battersea village 

I askled my MP, Terry Jermy, how many hours he had spent in the house.  His reply was that he had no obligation to spend any time in the House .