It's takes decades for the majority of children that have endured abuse, sexual abuse and/or rape to come forward and when they do they will not physically represent the abused child that they were. This can initially cause a problem in the victim being believed and/or coming forward. But it needs to be understood that the abuse endured has a long term negative effort on the child, rewiring their brains and damaging their development. The child most likely grew up in a situation where it was known by others, including adults, that the abuse was happened and no one did anything. This leads to the child growing up to believe it was normal practice. It isn't until they are an adult, starting their own family or joining a family via a partner that they begin to notice the differences. It is shameful that a Local Authority can say that they are not responsible or liable for what the child endured while under their care. It can not be OK for the local authority to not be held accountable for the abuse. The law needs to show the victims that they support them 100% and understand. The law needs to support the victim to sue the local authority for financial support to fund counselling and therapy. To help the victim to access education again so they can gain back the chances that they lost. The law needs to hold all the local authorities that have children in their care, either in a LA accommodation or not 100% responsible for the physical, emotional and developmental well being for the said child. Even when this means using an outside agency/business that the LA pays.

This policy is dangerous and will increase the chances of asylum seekers, aka people, dying.

Any increase in energy cost could see especially those on low incomes having to choose between heating their homes and buying food.

No pay rise inflation rocketing fuel bills soaring .

other customers

Need a concerted approach to persuade all energy suppliers to follow lead of British Gas

We must all get together to make sure that the companies do not take advantage of their customers by over extracting money from direct debit accounts

This is very important to me as I have three grandsons and my family and I are scared and worried for their safety. We feel very helpless against this tragedy which is happening all over the country but mainly in London.

As temperatures drop, energy bills are rising. It’s normal for direct debits to go up as we heat our homes this time of year – but some energy providers have been accused of hiking monthly payments above what’s needed in a ‘stealth raid’ on customers. MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis is warning that some firms are hiking direct debits right now to help their cash flow, even when it isn't justified. But, British Gas, the UK’s biggest energy provider, has already said they won’t do this, freezing direct debits for most customers until February next year. We know enough pressure on other energy companies could force them to do the same. Sign the petition now and demand energy companies put their customers' wallets first, not shareholder profits.

Will stop access for people to free health care through a government run provision

Campaign for fairer bills and fight for the energy bills to be frozen for as long as possible

Because it is important to save energy and cao prices for people on low incomes, and disabled people whom have no choice to use the energy