• Petition to create Acomb Town Council
    Acomb is a non-parish suburb in York. With a growing population of around 22,215, Acomb is the largest of all areas of the city. However, a plan for a Town Council for Acomb should be actively pursued. With the City of York Council too busy playing playground politics among political parties, refusing to listen to our community and leaving parks and play areas in Acomb to despair; we are campaigning to create Acomb Town Council. The formation of an independent Town Council for Acomb would mean better direct access to government funds and grants. This could benefit the community by being channelled into local projects and would open many opportunities for the area and its residents with a more tangible impact. The status ‘Town Council’ should be used over ‘Parish Council’ due to Acomb having a sizable population and to reflect the range of services that would be available to local residents. Also, there is already an existing Acomb Parish Council in Northumberland. If successful, the newly formed Town Council can provide services around litter, parking, crime prevention, public toilets, community hubs, libraries, parks, and green spaces. We would become York's largest civil parish, leading the way for local voices and local decision making, giving residents more power and a say in how we can shape our community. To do this, we NEED a petition containing the signatures of at least 7.5% of Acomb residents, which is roughly 1,600 people, which I am sure we can achieve! If you are a resident and/or you work in Acomb, please sign the petition and share far and wide so we can create Acomb Town Council.
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  • Supermarkets Own Label Plastic Packaging
    This is a choice you make to package the majority of your own label products, the government should not have all the responsibility of destroying non recyclable packaging, you as the retailer are responsible for packaging own label products with non recyclable packaging, so you should bare the cost of dealing with your own non recyclable packaging. You have said you are making strides into not using non recyclable plastic packaging, it’s not enough and it’s not timely, so in the meantime, immediately take back your own label non recyclable packaging. This would send a clear message to all other supermarkets in the UK that you are taking responsibility for your actions and lead the way forward in this matter. As you all know, plastic non recyclable plastic packaging is a huge problem and affects the planet we call home. Supermarkets should take immediate responsibility for the materials they use and as such, should accept their own label non recyclable packaging at its stores. Tesco’s have 4000 stores for us to take their own label non recyclable packaging to. Tesco’s are the biggest supermarket in the UK, getting them to act immediately would encourage all other supermarkets to take back their own label non recyclable packaging.
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  • Bank charges for Community and Charity organisiations
    This could escalate to other bank and everyone could be affected in some way or another. We need to stop this as , currently we could just change banks but no purpose in this if all the banks start to charge. This is not affecting bank accounts with large sums of money
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  • Protect the rite to protest at Holyrood
    We live in a democracy where those elected into power have to accept the rite to peacefully protest changes that affect us and our children's future
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  • Aldershot Bank closure
    Please can you join me in putting pressure on the bank? This is vital for those of us who cannot do online banking. It can also be used to explain to our children all about the banking industry and how vital it is.
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    Created by Michelle Horne
  • Totnes MIU to reopen
    Myself and many other local people have had to use the ambulance service where, prior to the closure of Totnes Hospital MIU, we would have gone there. Totnes Hospital urgently needs the MIU to be reopened. We've not had it for over 18 months now and it's causing huge problems, especially for those without access to transport.
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  • Give us back our GP surgery
    The situation in our village Surgery REDBOURN Health Centre has become a massive problem since amalgamating with other surgeries in St Albans - The Lodge Surgery. The outcome has been appalling, with less than average service. There are waiting times of up to 18 days for a telephone appointment and people are unable to speak to their regular GP who knows their health history.
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    Created by Linda Trowbridge
  • Remove VAT charges on Veterinary Medicine.
    Having to pay VAT on medicines for your sick animal and friend, is outrageous. There are many other products that do not attract VAT because they are necessities, e.g. food and female sanitary products, and rightly so. But medicines for your sick pet is also a necessity, and why I believe this additional levy on pet owners should be removed.
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    Created by Sandy Williams
  • Impose a windfall tax on tech giants.
    We are all being expected to pay more national insurance to cover the unprecedented costs of the pandemic, while tech giants such as Amazon reap huge financial gains as a result of that same pandemic and yet pay almost no tax at all.
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  • Help to Buy Cap
    We need to campaign for change because not all first time buyers require a small property.
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  • Improve Mental Health Services in North Wales
    Many people are left to suffer in silence or tire of having to work to get the help they need to the point where they relent and stop asking for support this in turn could ultimately lead to further problems. Mental health problems are at an all time high as are suicide rates, so many lives which could be saved with the correct support.
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    Created by Jo Crow
  • Free bus pass for 60 year olds in UK
    I feel the elderly are forever being penalised, eg: having to pay for a TV licence now, bus pass not allowed until your pension age which keeps rising, Banks, post offices closing in local communities, not all elderly have computers, mobile phones for online services, not all can afford such devices.
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    Created by Maureen Mulholland