500 signatures reached
To: The Labour Party
End Austerity Now
Please announce this :
After four years of austerity the fiscal debt has increased, living standards have got worse, and welfare , legal and the NHS no longer work, but still cost taxpayer money. Over 60,000 disabled people and 10,000 poor people have died so far under austerity
We are pleased to announce the end of Austerity, the end of war, the end of poverty and the reestablishment of the NHS these are our detailed plans:
1. Abolish the bedroom tax, zero hour contracts, workfare and unpaid internships
2. Reinstate free Legal Aid for those who cannot afford to pay
3. Introduce a living wage
4. Stop pay day loans, bankers bonuses, cap property rentals
5. Reverse all limits on the freedom of the individual to protest
6. Build affordable social housing
7. Free Universal nursery schools run by schools
8. Regulate the gambling industry
9. All forms of addiction should be treated as illnesses and not crimes: stop the war on drugs
10. Increase taxes for those who can afford to pay
11. Cancel Trident and destroy all nuclear and chemical weapons
12. Stop contributing to war
13. Bring back into Public ownership energy, water, transport and postal services
14. Insure all new buildings have solar panel and are built to German energy standards and Upgrade existing property to make them energy efficient
15. Make voting mandatory but always include “none of the above” as an option
16. Proportional Representation using the Scottish model to replace First Past the Post in all elections
17. All political parties to be funded from central government at a fixed level
18. Make political manifestos legally binding unless circumstances force change
19. Limit Parliament to a maximum of Four years
20. If there is no overall majority any coalition must put the new manifesto to a referendum
Why is this important?
A few days ago, SSE reported annual profits of £1.55 BILLION. At a time when more than half a million struggling households face eviction, and almost a million people are forced to use food banks or starve, when inflation has risen yet again, when working families account for one in four households living in poverty, and 3 out of 4 claims for Housing Benefit are made by working people, SSE's profits, and the 3% increase in dividends paid to shareholders, are an obscenity.
Last week, E-On was fined £12 MILLION, for mis-selling energy packages, making it the 5th of the Big Six to be fined for this appalling practice. In total, Ofgem has imposed fines of £100 MILLION on the energy companies, £39 MILLION of which relates to their failure to comply with the rules governing energy sales. But their unscrupulous practices don't end there: those who choose not to pay their energy bills by direct debit are subject to higher charges than those who do, and those with pre-payment meters pay the highest rates of all. Worse still, of the 420,000 pre-payments meters installed in the UK in the last year, almost 25% were installed without the householder's permission. Of the households with pre-payment meters that 'voluntarily disconnect', which is an energy company euphemism for 'have no money to pay for energy', 44% have at least one resident who is either disabled or has a long-term health problem.
There can be no doubt that ordinary people in the UK are suffering on many fronts. It has been said many times in the past that people were having to choose between heating and eating, but the situation is now so dire that many can afford neither heat nor food. Austerity isn't just biting, it is eating us alive. And yet, we know that there are so-called celebrities involved in tax avoidance schemes that deprive the economy of MULTI MILLIONS OF POUNDS, and corporations that exploit tax loopholes to avoid paying BILLIONS OF POUNDS.
But all around, people are fighting against injustice with petitions and direct action, targeting the DWP, corporations, AND the energy companies. We must keep fighting if we want to improve our quality of life and SAVE LIVES. We need affordable energy and the Big Six will NEVER, EVER provide it. Even the small, independent companies won't provide it, as they, too, have shareholders. The only way that energy will be affordable is to have a nationalised energy sector, devoid of shareholders. Please keep promoting my petition and encouraging people to sign it. Together we CAN make a difference
How it will be delivered
Deliver them in person with the press Mr Ed Miliband
