The UK once had a fast, dependable, reliable postage system, provided at a sensible price for the user, not the shambles it has become. We need to restore that level of service.

Too many men are missing out on simple screening that could save lives and I know that if a NHS screening programme has been in place I probably wouldn't have lost my Dad to Prostate Cancer 28 years ago to this very day.  Screening techniques and treatments  have changed a lot over those 28 years so we need to move with the times now ! This change is supported by a cross-party coalition of 125 MPs also urging you  to introduce targeted screening and as Rishi Sunak has said "This is a missed opportunity to make a generational difference to male health, and to take a massive step towards tackling the most common cancer among British men". Please don't hide behind yet another committee of experts. 

 The proposed car wash is right next to a primary school with SEND children, putting them at risk from increased traffic, chemical pollution, and water hazards. Rejecting this application protects children’s safety, health, and wellbeing, and ensures the school environment remains safe for learning and play. 

Blackheath Station Car Park is vitally important to the Blackheath Village community and must be protected.  It provides: - essential parking for access to Blackheath shops, cafés, restaurants, and pubs, supporting the local economy and plays a valuable role in maintaining a vibrant community. - parking for tradespeople working in Blackheath. - a safe drop-off and collection point for children attending John Ball Primary School as well as for parking associated with the school. - parking for access to Blackheath Station, enabling travel into central London and Kent for work, shopping, cultural, and leisure activities.  This is particularly important for residents with impaired mobility. -  space to host a busy Sunday farmers’ market, that is highly valued by residents. Local traders benefit greatly from the extra custom they receive on Sundays.

Gravesham Borough Council is taking disability-related benefits and premiums into account when calculating council tax, even though this money exists specifically to cover the extra costs of living with a disability. Disabled residents — including those who cannot work — are being forced to pay more council tax than they can afford. This policy is particularly harmful during the transition from older benefits (Income Support or Family Tax Credit) to Universal Credit, when many disabled residents only notice the change once they are already financially disadvantaged. Some have seen their council tax jump from £29 to £156 per month without warning. It affects both visible and hidden disabilities, including wheelchair users, mobility impairments, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, blindness, deafness, autism, ADHD, mental health conditions, chronic illnesses, rare diseases, and other overlooked conditions. This treatment is discriminatory, uncaring, and unnecessary. Other councils protect disability-related income, proving that Gravesham’s policy is a conscious choice to target the most vulnerable residents. We demand that Gravesham Borough Council: 1. Stop counting disability-related benefits as income in council tax calculations, including during Universal Credit transitions. 2. Reassess all current council tax liabilities for disabled residents affected by this policy. 3. Ensure future schemes comply with the Equality Act 2010, treating disabled residents fairly and respectfully. Disabled residents are not disposable. We will not accept being punished for circumstances beyond our control. Sign this petition and share it to demand justice and accountability. --- Call-to-Action / Social Share Line: “Gravesham Council is punishing disabled residents, visible and hidden, by taking our disability money for council tax. Sign and share to demand they stop!”

This issue is important because we want to make sure that all children no matter what economic background they may come from are able to afford and regularly buy a hot meal in school.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is more than £54 million in deficit and already in delay paying suppliers. Instead of getting emergency funding, the Trust is proposing to slash night, weekend and bank holiday pay for thousands of staff – a cut of up to 30% for many take-home wages. This will force experienced nurses, midwives, porters, HCAs and doctors to leave for better-paid jobs elsewhere – just as winter pressures hit our hospitals hardest. Patients at QMC and City Hospital will wait longer and face greater risk. We, the undersigned, demand that: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust REJECTS any cuts to unsocial hours enhancements and instead secures emergency funding from NHS England that protects both staff pay and patient safety. No more sticking plaster cuts on the frontline staff who held the NHS together through Covid and other challenges. The frontline staff did not cause the financial deficit in the NUH, and are vital for the patient's safety and care, more solutions exist.

Private companies are taking the money from Adult Social Care that is supposed to provide support but are not using it to provide adequate support.  Vulnerable adults are being left struggling to cope with daily living because they are not getting their allocated support hours. 

The BBC isn't perfect, but we must come together to make it better and stronger. We must use the upcoming Royal Charter review to protect our BBC for us, the British public. For too long, the public has been shut out of major decisions about the BBC. Governments have abused their power over the Royal Charter, twisting the BBC’s purposes to suit their own interests, while back-room negotiations have damaged its accountability. Right now, the BBC is in danger. Donald Trump is threatening to sue our public broadcaster for billions. But this is just the latest in a long line of attacks from people who want to weaken the BBC. We cannot allow the whims of foreign leaders or political pressure to dictate the future of our national broadcaster. The Government must put the British public at the centre of the upcoming Charter review to ensure the BBC answers to us - not to the likes of Donald Trump.

Our aims: • An immediate pause on any sale or disposal process by NHS Property Services. • An agreement in principle that, should disposal proceed, the site be transferred at a nominal cost of £1 to the people of Moretonhampstead, acknowledging its historic purpose, community value, and original donation to the town.  • Sustained support from the Integrated Care Board (ICB), our MP ,and NHS property services (NHSPS) to develop a health and community hub on the site which would include; district nurses, a care agency, GP overflow and local wellbeing services. Moretonhampstead Community Hospital was built in 1900–1901 under the patronage of the Hambleden family for the people of Moretonhampstead and the surrounding area. Although it no longer has inpatient beds, it remains an important community asset, well suited to hosting local healthcare, district nursing, a care agency, and wider community initiatives. It has been extensively and continuously used since it's inception.  NHS Property Services is now preparing to sell the building on the open market or to a charitable community bid. This follows more than a decade of effort by the local GP practice, Wellmoor, and other groups to secure a future for the site. The Parish Council has also supported attempts to keep the building in public use. To date, our MP has offered intermittent but inconsistent support and has not secured any sustained stability for the building, while Devon ICB and NHSPS have shown no willingness to invest in it, either financially or philosophically. The last remaining vestige of NHS provision in the hospital was the district nursing team, co-ordinating local housebound care and using the building for ad-hoc clinics, catheter changes, patient reviews, and complex leg dressings. We were informed earlier this year that the district nurses were required to leave because the roof was leaking and the building was unsafe. Once vacated, we understand Devon ICB was able to declare the site surplus to requirements and instruct NHS Property Services to begin disposal. Following the eviction of the nurses to a local industrial complex, I have since been informed by NHSPS that the roof has been repaired which seems at odds to the original narrative.  NHS Property Services has not allowed local organisations full access to undertake an independent survey, preventing the community from developing an informed proposal for its reuse. The GP practice supports a community-led plan or retention in the NHS, but cannot afford to purchase the hospital and cannot relocate. It must remain at the existing health centre, which also requires investment for renovation and improvement. It already maximises the existing space and frequently has to turn providers away who would otherwise operate locally if adjacent space in the hospital building was available. There have been unfulfilled assurances from Devon ICB about preserving some parking on the hospital site to enable an expansion of the health centre. This makes either retaining the hospital within the NHS or transferring it into community ownership even more important—allowing the building to host local healthcare, district nursing, a care agency, and community wellbeing projects, while GP services remain based at the health centre. Local residents, the GP practice, and community groups could take responsibility for the hospital if given the necessary time, access, and support. This would protect the building for NHS and community purposes and prevent its loss to private development. Watching the building drift toward a quiet sale is regrettably unsurprising. Rural primary care and rural communities have long been treated as peripheral—too small to prioritise, too remote to understand, too insignificant to influence larger strategies. Efficiency has eroded locality, often at the expense of what worked, because it is too subtle or complex to measure quickly and itemise on a spreadsheet.  The government’s 10-year plan for the NHS barely acknowledges rural general practice. Our population faces real difficulty travelling to Exeter or Okehampton for alternative services. The population demographic is heavily skewed to the more elderly with increasingly complex health needs, with spasmodic and limited public transport accessing care is a problem. The system continues to pursue larger hubs, larger networks, and administrative geographies that do not fit. Yet all practical evidence points the other way: small communities function well. We support one another, we adapt, and we deliver forms of care no distant “neighbourhood model” can replicate. The hospital has stood for more than a century, shaped by the same landscape that shaped the town. Conan Doyle wrote of Dartmoor that “The longer one stays here the more the spirit of the moor sinks into one’s soul.” It has sunk into this building too—into its granite walls, into its purpose, and the generations it has served. Bureaucracy may miss what is obvious to those who live here: this building is not surplus; it is an anchor. If it is lost, it will be because the system has forgotten what community healthcare looks like.

It might be your parents or a relative that this could happen to. These are very elderly people and some confused or with Alzheimer’s and being moved would greatly affect their health and wellbeing. If Reform want to win the next General Election they are going about it the wrong way by targeting the elderly and care homes. If they need to save money look at other ways. 

We believe this proposal is unfair and discriminatory. It goes against the principles of fairness set out in the School Admissions Code (2021), which requires admissions to be reasonable, clear, objective, and procedurally fair. It may also breach the Equality Act 2010, as it disadvantages certain groups within the Binfield and Warfield communities. Every child deserves a fair chance to attend their local secondary school. Take Action Please sign and share this petition to help protect fair access to Kings Academy Binfield for all local families. If you haven’t already, send your consultation response by 24 November 2025 to: [email protected] Together, we can make sure local schools remain for local children.