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Work, pay and welfare
Benefits, pensions, minimum wage, the four-day week. Rewrite the social contract.
Fund SEN provision properly instead of making parents fight for every hour
Why does it take 18 months to get an EHCP assessment? Eighteen months. For a child. I have been a primary school teacher for 14 years. The system isnt a bit broken. It is completely broken. Parents fight through paperwork and tribunal thre
Enough! Stop letting developers build luxury flats nobody can afford.
We need a new policy that forces developers to build genuinely affordable housing, not more overpriced shoeboxes. A quarter of every new development has to be social housing, and another quarter has to be at a genuinely affordable rent for
Stop closing rural post offices and bus routes then wondering why villages die
There is a pattern that repeats across rural England and it goes like this. First the bus route gets cut because its not commercially viable. Then the post office closes because footfall dropped when the bus stopped. Then the pub closes bec
Workers on company boards, like every other serious economy does
In Germany, any company with more than 2,000 employees must have worker representatives filling half the seats on its supervisory board. This is called codetermination and it has been the law since 1976. It has not destroyed German industry
sort out grimsby's housing mess
what's the point of having a town full of homes if none of them are affordable for the people who actually live here, love. I mean think about it, my own kids can't even afford to buy a house in their own hometown, it's ridiculous. I reck
Pay Carers A Living Wage Already
I'm proposing that carers like me should get a proper wage, not the pathetic Carer's Allowance that barely covers the bills. We're not just sitting at home twiddling our thumbs, we're working 24/7 to care for our loved ones and it's about t
Tax the rich to save the planet
I'm proposing a new wealth tax to help fund the transition to renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions. We need this because climate change is already having a devastating impact on our planet and it's only going to get worse if we don'
Raise the VAT threshold to £150k and simplify taxes for small businesses
The UK VAT threshold is £90,000. Cross it and you are suddenly managing quarterly VAT returns, Making Tax Digital, and a layer of compliance that has nothing to do with your actual business. I know founders who deliberately hold revenue bel
Means-test sunshine to ensure fiscal responsibility
In the current economic climate, it is simply not sustainable to provide sunshine free of charge to everyone, regardless of income. Wealthy households receive the same amount of sunshine as the most vulnerable, and this is frankly not progr
Every school should have a proper counsellor, not just a poster on a wall
A poster saying its OK not to be OK is not mental health provision. It is a poster. Every school should have a trained counsellor available at least 3 days a week. Not a teaching assistant who did a two day course. A qualified counsellor w
Scrap the Fixed Term Parliament Act
We should abolish the Fixed Term Parliament Act and go back to giving the Prime Minister the power to call an election at a time of their choosing, this would be more important than having a rigid schedule. This is needed because the curren
Give high streets a 3 year business rates holiday before they disappear completely
Eight empty shops on our high street. Eight. A town that used to have a butchers, a greengrocers, two bookshops and a Woolworths. Now its charity shops, vape shops, and boards in windows. The problem is simple. An independent bookshop pay
Seriously, another 'growth at all costs' budget? Bristol needs investment, not just more debt.
I was walking through Old Market the other day and saw the most heartbreaking sight. A family, probably on their way home from school, queuing outside a food bank. It’s utterly grim, isn’t it? We’re told the economy is doing well, yet I see
Stop Arming Dictators For Profit
I think we should stop selling arms to countries with terrible human rights records, it's that simple. We're always talking about promoting democracy and freedom, but at the same time we're selling guns to regimes that are killing their own
Nobody should pay more than 40% of their income on rent
Had this conversation in the pub last tuesday and everyone agreed which is rare because Geoff disagrees with everything on principle but even Geoff thinks rent is out of control. If youre spending more than 40% of your take home pay on keep
Voters must approve PM appointees
I'm fed up with politicians making decisions without asking us, it's about time we took back control. These career politicians are out of touch with real people, I see it every day in the DIY store, customers are frustrated with the system.
Enough with the empty houses while people are sleeping rough!
I saw a family yesterday, two young kids, shivering outside the old Boots on Royal Avenue. They’d been moved on by the council twice already that day. It breaks your heart. Meanwhile, I know of at least three houses on my street alone that
A wealth tax on assets over £10 million to fund public services
The top 1% of households in Britain hold more wealth than the bottom 70% combined. That is not a statistic from a pressure group, it is from the ONS. Wealth inequality is now greater than income inequality, and it is growing faster, because
We fully support new housing as long as it is built somewhere we cannot see it
We are absolutely committed to solving the housing crisis. Everyone deserves an affordable home. This is a fundamental value of our party and we will never waver from it. However. The proposed development on the field behind Waitrose woul
make public transport free for all
we should make all public transport free to use, funded by taxing big corporations and the wealthy, this would not only help the environment by reducing the number of cars on the road but also help low income families who struggle to pay fo
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