It’s unfair that drivers can end up paying significantly more than the advertised parking price when they use an app. These extra charges can quickly add up for people who rely on their cars for work, family life or everyday errands. The total charge should be clearly and fairly shown, with no extra fees hidden away or added at the last minute.  Stopping unfair parking app fees would be a simple, tangible change that could make a real difference to people’s lives, especially when household budgets are tighter than ever. The UK Government should act to make parking charges fair and transparent, and ensure councils put those protections into practice.

Saffron Walden families need affordable childcare - not just a change to the £100,000 earnings cap. Dear Mrs Badenoch, As parents, carers and residents of Saffron Walden, we are writing to ask you to champion better childcare provision for local families. You recently announced a Conservative policy to remove the £100,000 income ceiling on funded childcare, at an estimated national cost of £700 million a year. We recognise that the existing cliff edge, introduced in 2017, is unfair. It can leave parents substantially worse off when their earnings increase, discouraging work and career progression, particularly for women. It needs reform. But lifting the earnings cap alone does not solve the bigger problem. We estimate your proposal could benefit as few as 40 Saffron Walden families.  Yet our town has around 930 children under five, whose families also need accessible nurseries, affordable wraparound care and breakfast clubs that help parents work and children thrive. Our town currently lacks the early-years infrastructure available in some other communities. The Government is investing in new school-based nurseries and rolling out free breakfast clubs to every state-funded primary school. We want Saffron Walden to benefit fully from these programmes. We recognise your responsibilities as Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, but Saffron Walden also needs a strong constituency voice from our MP to champion the needs of all local families. We therefore ask you to: 1. Explain how your proposed £700 million childcare commitment would benefit the wider population of families, rather than simply extending benefits to those excluded by the £100,000 threshold. 2. Champion new school-based nursery places in Saffron Walden, working with Essex County Council, local schools and the Department for Education. 3. Secure a clear timetable for free breakfast clubs at every local state-funded primary school, and support affordable before- and after-school care. 4. Press for a proper assessment of local childcare needs, including nursery places, waiting lists, costs and the impact of new housing developments, alongside better-integrated early-years and family services. We would welcome your public response, including the practical steps you are prepared to take on behalf of families in your constituency. Yours sincerely, Parents, carers and residents of Saffron Walden Supported by the undersigned. Notes on the figures The estimate of 40 families potentially benefiting from the Conservative proposal is based on local population and household estimates, with an allowance for the proportion of families earning over £100,000. The figure of approximately 930 children under five is based on the latest population estimates for Saffron Walden. These are indicative estimates in the absence of official counts of childcare eligibility. 

It will help those in our local area be able to get to school without paying extortionate prices, and be able to support families who struggle getting their children on the bus.  For the price they pay - often being over £900 - the bus system is unreliable.

Shouldn't our public spaces be clean, safe and enjoyable for everyone? Why should something as preventable as dog fouling be allowed to make our grass verges and streets unpleasant and potentially hazardous? These are problems that could be addressed through more accessible dog-waste bins and regular grass cutting. It's incredibly frustrating going out and accidentally stepping in dog poo or trying to prevent your dog from eating things in the grass. I'm asking for more dedicated dog-waste bins across Cardigan and regular grass cutting to make dog fouling visible and easier to avoid. Our town deserves cleaner, safer public spaces for everyone and their dogs. It's disgusting that there are people are leaving their dogs' mess behind for everyone else to deal with. It's unhygienic, unpleasant and completely unnecessary. This affects everyone, other dog walkers, local residents, families with children and anyone who wants to enjoy our public spaces without encountering dog mess.

I have one child at Mosshead Primary and another who will be starting soon. Like a lot of families here, we'd love our children to be able to walk, cycle or scoot to school. At the moment, the streets around the school don't feel safe enough for that. A lot of cars come down Stockiemuir Avenue at school times, and many of them come fast. I've been on my bike, and stood at the gates, and watched cars fly past children on the pavement, overtake abruptly, and park on the zigzag lines outside the school. Others park up in the side streets next to the school. It isn't the kind of driving anyone would expect on roads full of primary school children, and it happens regularly. East Dunbartonshire Council already has an answer. Its Traffic-Free Schools scheme closes the roads outside a school to traffic for 45 minutes at each end of the school day. The council has made it permanent at four schools and extended it to three more, reporting less traffic and more children walking, cycling and wheeling. Residents keep their access with a free permit.

Summerhall is home to over 100 small businesses, artist studios, the Edinburgh Fringe, arts & science organisations, designers, photographers, casting directors, illustrators, film makers, sports and martial arts and many many more. It's a major hub for creatives & innovators in Edinburgh, an essential part of the Fringe, and it's under grave threat of closure. We hope to appeal to Edinburgh City Council planning department and convince them to refuse permission to AMA property developer's current plans. We want to keep this thriving ecosystem at Summerhall, and not drastically cut the arts and cultural use of this space. Please add your name to the petition.

This park was constructed as part of the regeneration of the North Peckham Estate to honour the memory of Damilola Taylor and as a mark of respect to the community. Since its installation, over 10 years ago, there has been zero maintenance, with removal of at least 8 items when they needed repair. Regeneration has been replaced with degradation. Repair the roof covering/walkway using capital funds, and replace removed playground assets: roundabouts, spinners, spring rockers, table tennis table, A frame. IMPORTANT INFO FOR SOUTHWARK RESIDENTS: THIS PETITION IS PRIMARILY FOR CHILDREN TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD, AS THE COUNCIL PETITION CANNOT BE SIGNED WITHOUT A MYSOUTHWARK ACCOUNT. The reason given by the council for removing the long slide is, 'the increased footfall' caused by children accessing the slide! The slide itself is structurally sound. Yes, the slide is popular. It is loved by both children, adults and their families.  Being constructed after the terrible local tragedy of Damilola's death, it is a massive insult to the local community to literally strip every asset needing any attention at all. The whole park has been utterly neglected for the entirety of its existence, a period of approximately 16 years. The basket ball hoops on Kelly Ave Park courts are also bent and battered and have had zero attention since installed. It is a further slap in the face that similar local family parks in affluent parts of Southwark are extremely well maintained, with fully refurbished basket ball courts etc. 

The You and Yours programme broadcast on Radio 4 has played a vital role over 56 years in standing up for the rights of citizens and consumers. It has been a source of help and advice for thousands of people by holding businesses and public bodies to account for malpractice and unfairness. Now the BBC has announced that the programme is to be axed without giving any real information about how it will be replaced, except for a reference to a possible 'digital-first' substitute. Many of the listeners to the programme are too old or are simply unable to access digital resources. These are the people who most need the help and information that You and Yours gives.

This programme is presented by Winnifred Robinson and the team who do a wonderful job, the programme numerous topics and is very informative and extremely helpful to the general public. I have listened to this programme and several others on Radio 4 for many years and feel the cuts announced should not go ahead.

Juggling family, work and other commitments can be tough.. Somewhere local to exercise & socialise our canines safely would really benefit the area and hopefully many residents including myself.

A plan to dredge 650,000m3 (over 250 Olympic swimming pools) of sediment at Falmouth Docks threatens irreversible harm to our environment, community and the local economy. Dredging risks unearthing toxic pollutants left by years of industrial pollution that have been safely trapped in the seafloor for decades. Samples from the site contain concentrations of TBT, a banned and highly destructive chemical, at levels much greater than the legal limit for disposal at sea. Other toxic contaminants in the sediment include PCBs, mercury, zinc, lead, and copper. These bring severe human health risks (these toxic contaminants have been linked to cancer and fertility issues) and the destruction of marine life. Responsible redevelopment of Falmouth Docks is needed - it brings new jobs and supports the local economy. If the dredge goes ahead, it could permanently damage protected, globally rare habitats, including maerl beds and seagrass meadows, and wipe out Britain's last wild oyster fishery that is central to the coastal town's heritage. The public consultation ran from 24 July to 4 September 2025. Many fishers, residents and businesses didn't know it was happening, unaware of the scale and potential implications. Since it closed, the MMO has received further environmental evidence that the public has had no chance to respond to. Cornwall Wildlife Trust and local fishers have also raised serious concerns about the sediment testing and the modelling of where pollution would spread. The plan also gambles Cornwall’s £2bn tourism and £174m seafood sectors to cater to low-spending mega-cruise liners that offer questionable financial benefits to local residents and will increase air pollution in the town. We cannot allow our local environment and community health to be sacrificed.  Sign this petition to call for the MMO to stop the toxic dredge and redevelop the docks responsibly!  Support the Crowdfunder: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/wWq5x1vW?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=shortlink

Although Northenden is a lovely little community, it saddens myself and many others that we are surrounded by motorway and severe noise pollution. It’s a place where many love to exercise along the river, walk their dogs, take their children to play. But the sound of the motorways and roads are absolutely endless. I was playing in the riverside play park this week with my child and his friends, and I looked to see if our area of living was in a noise mitigation area. What I was able to find in a quick search: our local play park is amongst the highest bracket for noise pollution on the Manchester map. I find this unacceptable. Unacceptable most importantly for the negative health impacts this has on our local residents and our local wildlife. I am a local Mum living in Northenden. I have been a resident here for 7 years. We moved here because predominantly we loved the river, the community feel and the old quaint features of the place. Having moved from the Lakes it felt like a happy medium to transitioning to urban life.  I want to ask for our Council and local Highway agencies to take action to improve the air quality and noise pollution in our area. It is detrimental to both our physical and our mental health. It’s time to make some improvements.