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Work, pay and welfare
Benefits, pensions, minimum wage, the four-day week. Rewrite the social contract.
Sick Pay's a Joke - Time to Actually Pay People When They're Ill
Why should anyone have to choose between going into work sick and losing their rent money? It's madness, plain and simple. People are forced to spread their germs, making everyone else sick, and then they're penalised for it. It’s not just
Give Local Councils Real Power
We should give local councils more autonomy to make their own decisions on healthcare and social services, rather than being dictated to by central government. This is needed because every community is different and what works in one area w
We need to fix the benefits trap, not just throw money at it.
I was talking to a chap the other day, an immigrant who’s been here about five years. He's a skilled tradesman, really capable, but he was telling me how impossible it feels to get his qualifications recognised and get back into his trade.
Why are we making it harder for people to get back on their feet after job loss?
Seriously, what's the point of making people jump through hoops just to get a bit of help when they've lost their job? It feels like the system is designed to punish people for being unlucky, rather than helping them get back into work. We
Let's Get Serious About Community Policing, Not Just More Paperwork
The government needs to seriously rethink its approach to social welfare by reinvesting in local, visible policing and community support initiatives. Frankly, throwing more money at overarching national programs without strengthening the fa
Sort Out Benefits For Our Own People First
I'm sick of seeing people who've never worked a day in their lives getting handed everything on a plate while my own kid is struggling to find a decent apprenticeship. It's a joke, the benefits system is broken and it's time someone did som
Universal Basic Income is a Fantasy, Let's Focus on Real Support for Carers
I was talking to my neighbour, a lovely woman named Sarah, the other day. She looks after her mother full-time, and frankly, she’s exhausted. She gets a pittance in carer’s allowance, barely enough to cover the extra food her mum needs. She
Scrap Universal Credit for Local Support
I'm proposing we ditch Universal Credit and replace it with local support systems that actually understand the needs of our communities. This is needed because Universal Credit has been a disaster for people in towns like Grimsby, it's too
Scrap the Bureaucracy in Youth Services
I'm fed up with seeing kids in my community fall through the cracks because of all the red tape in our youth services. I run a youth centre in Bradford and it's heartbreaking to see talented young people not get the support they need becaus
Stop talking about 'levelling up' and actually fund carers properly in *our* towns
My proposal is to create properly funded, independent Local Carer Advisory Boards in every region, made up mostly of actual carers, to decide how social care money is spent in their areas. We need to stop pretending Whitehall knows best whe
Time to Put Community First
We need to start putting the needs of our local communities at the heart of decision making, rather than just paying lip service to the idea of a fair and prosperous society. I've seen it time and time again in Brixton, where big promises a
Enough with the charity shop clothes for job seekers already!
Why are we still making people sign on the dole and then giving them a voucher for clothes from a charity shop to go to a job interview? Seriously, have you seen some of the stuff in those places? It’s humiliating. My proposal is simple: a
Frankly, it’s past time we stopped talking and actually put proper digital protections in place for our children.
Frankly, how can we possibly expect children to navigate the digital world we’ve created for them without putting some serious safeguards in place? It just seems like we've let things get completely out of hand, hoping for the best when it
Paying France to build migrant camps? Madness. We need border control, not outsourcing.
I was talking to my mate Dave the other day, whose business exports machinery to Europe. He’s absolutely fuming about the endless paperwork and delays just to get a lorry through Calais. Now they’re talking about paying the French to build
Stop Letting Everyone In Then Nobody's Scared
It’s all well and good talking about community safety but the real problem is too many people coming here and causing trouble in the first place. If we actually sorted out who’s allowed in and who isn’t, a lot of these issues would sort the
Get Benefits Right, Not Just Tight
I've always thought the benefits system needs a bit of a shake-up, and this idea of linking payments to job search activity has some merit. The problem is, it's all a bit too Big Brother for my taste. We don't need some fancy digital tracki
Enough is enough with this means-testing nonsense for care costs.
We need a flat rate system for social care contributions, paid for by a small, dedicated levy on all income above a certain threshold, say £20,000 a year. It’s time we stopped forcing families to endure endless assessments and degrading mea
Universal Credit should be a safety net, not a punishment for being poor
The idea that people on benefits aren’t trying hard enough to find work feels like a tired old trope. Most people want to be employed and contributing, not stuck relying on the state. Instead of making the process more punitive, we should b
Targeted skills training to help immigrants find jobs matching their qualifications.
It’s a persistent shame that so many highly skilled individuals arriving in the UK struggle to find work that uses their talents. We see doctors driving taxis and engineers stocking shelves, which benefits no one. This isn't just a loss for
Increase community safety funding
I'm bloody tired of seeing people get hurt because we're not doing enough to prevent it, and that's exactly what's happening with the rise in antisemitic attacks. It's not just a problem for the Jewish community, it's a problem for all of u
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