Michael Gove wants to let developers increase pollution and harm rivers. Right now, planning authorities can only approve developments they’re sure will not damage protected habitats - but if the Housing Secretary gets his way, that rule will be scrapped. The papers are saying that the Government will try and amend the levelling up and regeneration bill. The Bill is currently in the House of Lords, and the Government needs to get support for it soon if they want Michael Gove’s plans to succeed. With our dirty rivers all over the news, will the House of Lords want to support more poo-llution in our water? We need to show the House of Lords that we will not stand for the Government’s plans to put our natural habitats at risk instead of saving them.

A lot of people take going to the toilet and keeping their dignity for granted. Imagine being a parent of a 10 year old disabled child who needs more space than a baby changing table due to child’s weight and height, and your only option is to go through wet changing rooms and hope that the accessible changing room is free so that your child can be changed in comfort and keep their dignity. You also can only use these facilities 9-5 daily, the rest of the time, you’ve got to go back to your apartment, upto 0.7 miles. Would you be happy being in an entertainment venue and having to walk 0.7 miles to use the toilet?

Please support our campaign and send a strong message to KCC! We need KCC to continue funding its share of this vital facility! The facility receives other grants but KCC's funding is crucial. Contact our Kent County Councillors and tell them how strongly we feel about this situation. Without adequate funding, much of the good work done at the Pavilion will stop. Email [email protected] and [email protected]. Also include our MP, Craig Mackinlay on craig.mackinlay.mp@ parliament.uk

This will make them safer and prevent frustration, risk-taking and accidents. At present you can only turn right when the lights change briefly to amber. This is particularly dangerous when the car facing you is also trying to turn right. If it’s a double decker bus, you can’t see what is driving up the inside lane so is even more dangerous. There are plenty of turn-right filters in other parts of town so why not Leith?

The service used to be a 30 minute journey which is now 90 to 120 minutes in one direction

This is about improving your political representative's honesty, and strengthening representation for you in your area. One MP I know of represents a seaside constituency and regularly posts photos of themselves eating an Ice cream, having fish and chips, and walking on the beach, with comments about how much they love the area. The coast and tourism is vital to the constituency they represent however it is regularly dogged by sewage discharges after heavy rain that make the sea contaminated and unsafe for recreational use. In 2021 the same MP was given an opportunity to vote to reduce sewage discharges to the sea, however they voted against an opposition amendment to the Environment Bill to do so, even though other MP's rebelled on the issue and voted for the amendment. None of their social media following would have any idea that this is what happened. This is just one example to illustrate the issue, and I'm sure this will happen up and down the country.

Cadan has worked really hard this season to prove himself. He deserves a chance to prove himself.

People need the library for books, computers, maps and DVDs. Many other services could be provided. At present it is a long walk to the library for those who live north of the town centre.

As mother to a young trans adult, I know personally the damage that anxiety, fear and a lack of provision causes - both physically when you have to plan every outing around where will have appropriate and safe restrooms, and emotionally, feeling othered when it comes to your basic needs. Being able to access toilet facilities is a basic right. The government seems intent on creating a false, and dangerous, narrative around the trans community. It is essential that we do not follow the terrifying route being seen in the US. I urge you to please stand up for trans people in this issue as it may otherwise be the beginning of a systematic denigration of rights. Trans people and women’s rights are intersectional rather than in opposition.

Thousands of teenagers are facing years of resits after failing their English and Maths GCSEs. The rules are that students have to resit the two subjects every year for the rest of their schooling until they pass. Struggling students are forced to go to classes with younger pupils and don’t get any additional support. The system is failing children, and all eyes are on the Government, demanding to know if they will invest in supporting students with English and Maths. That’s where you come in - if hundreds and thousands of us demand the Government support young people’s futures, we can get a commitment from Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan to invest in young people’s futures.

Prince Andrew is reported to have launched a bid to win back his £3 million taxpayer funded security team with the backing of former Home Secretary Priti Patel. Andrew was stripped of police protection after paying millions to settle a civil sex assault case last year. The idea of spending £3 million during a cost of living crisis on royal outcast Prince Andrew is disgusting. This money should be used to help fund our NHS and schools, rather than on a Prince who had to step back from Royal duties in disgrace.

For the good of the environment and wildlife and to maximize the leisure and health amenity and benefit for the current and future community. i. e. Maximization of social benefit. The site should be returned to public open space under the control of LBRuT's Parks Department and integrated into the Mereway Nature Park. LBRuT's partnership with a number of environmentally sympathetic organizations has achieved fantastic results with the development of the current Nature Park. They will be thanked by many future generations if the site is developed in a similar way as an extension to the existing Mereway Nature Park. The keys points for this are : 1. The small number of 7 affordable housing properties can be accommodated elsewhere in the borough eg the nearby Greggs Bakery site development proposal for some 116 houses. An extra housing development will negatively impact the existing natural environment / park. Its unique location adjacent to an existing major Nature Park means the site is a natural candidate for inclusion in the existing Nature Park and will never again be available if the housing option is taken. 2. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop the site for the good of the environment, wildlife and the whole wider community (current and future) in terms of leisure and health. 3. Adding the 7 affordable housing properties to the larger (116 houses) nearby Greggs site housing development gives a win-win solution - proper care and development of outdoor spaces for current and future generations; and proper provision of required affordable housing with less negative impact. 4. The congestion in the local area is already a problem. In this cul-de-sac location, even this relatively small development will have a disproportionately large negative impact and will cause claustrophobic overcrowding in an already densely populated area together with the resultant traffic congestion. 5. Any individual / personal benefit derived by the 7 new owners in the prospective development is counter-balanced by the major significant negative impact on a similar number of existing residents of houses in Mereway Road and Barneby Close that are directly adjacent to the site. 6. In summary the maximum social benefit will be gained by returning the site to public open space under the management of the partnership that has developed the Mereway Nature Park. Please sign the petition and remember when you do, to tick the box to get email updates so we can keep you in touch with progress and suggestions, as we develop our action plan. Please share the link to this petition with your contacts and put on your social media accounts by copy and pasting : https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/protectmerewaypark Please also submit your own objection on the Richmond & Twickenham Council Planning webpage. Insert the ref 23/0260/FUL in the search box at the following link and you can make your comments online : https://www.richmond.gov.uk/services/planning/comment_on_a_planning_application. Or you can email your comments direct to the Planning Officer making the decision on this application Thomas Faherty - [email protected] There is a small team, the Mereway Action Committee that is developing and implementing plans to achieve the objectives outlined here. Help will be greatly appreciated. If you can and want to help with the campaign please send us an email by clicking on the email / envelope symbol next to the photo at the top of this page. NB to access this page if you are not already on a device go to the following link : https://you.38degrees.org.uk/p/protectmerewaypark