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Work, pay and welfare
Benefits, pensions, minimum wage, the four-day week. Rewrite the social contract.
Enough with the GP waiting lists, let's get proper mental health support in schools
My daughter’s friend has been struggling with anxiety for months. Her parents finally got her a referral to a child psychologist, only to be told the waiting list is over a year long. A year. For a teenager who’s clearly in distress. It’s h
Fix Social Care Now
I was at the doctor's surgery with my mum the other day and saw an elderly woman, clearly in a lot of pain, being told she'd have to wait months for a care assessment. It wasn't right, and it's not the first time I've seen something like th
Invest in Schools, Not Just Pills: A Real Health Revolution
This idea about pharmacies has some merit, I'll grant you. My partner Jade, who's a midwife, sees the strain on the front lines of healthcare daily. Making it easier for people to get basic help for minor issues makes sense on the surface,
Enough is enough! Our trains are a national disgrace.
It's utterly infuriating. Every time I need to visit my daughter in London, I face the same dismal experience: delays, cancellations, and overcrowded carriages. You'd think a country that pioneered railways would manage to run them halfway
Scrap the NHS lottery system
What's the point of having a national health service if you can't even get a doctor's appointment when you need one, I mean I've had passengers who've had to wait months for a routine checkup. I was talking to a bloke in the back of my
Sort Out Our Hospitals Already
I was at the hospital in Scunthorpe last week visiting my mate Dave, he's been in for a knee op, and the state of the place was shocking. The wards were understaffed, the equipment was outdated, and the waiting times were ridiculous. I saw
Fair Rates for Local Businesses
As a Labour supporter I think it's high time we looked at business rates and how they're affecting our local businesses. The current system is outdated and doesn't take into account the actual performance of businesses. We need a fairer sys
Government secrets are costing us, time to open the books and stop the hiding.
It makes me so mad when I hear about politicians just sitting on documents — like they own the information. We're out here struggling to pay the gas bill and they're in Westminster deciding what we get to know and when. It’s like they think
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! Let's Actually Fund Our NHS, Not Just Clap For It
I was in the GP waiting room last week, same as everyone else, and overheard this poor woman practically in tears. She’d been trying to get an appointment for her mum, who’s seriously unwell, for weeks. Kept getting palmed off, told the ear
Stop Funding Failing Businesses
What's the point of throwing good money after bad when it comes to failing businesses, I mean think about it, we're basically just delaying the inevitable, it's like trying to hold water in your hands. My proposal is to stop giving out taxp
Sort Out The NHS Waiting Lists Already
I had a passenger the other day, poor bloke, been waiting for a knee replacement for over a year, and he's still got no date for the op. He's in agony, can barely walk, and it's affecting his job, his family, everything. I've seen this time
Revitalise High Streets with Sensible Rate Reform
As a chartered accountant I've seen firsthand the struggles small businesses face with the current business rates system. It's outdated and fails to account for the complexities of local economies. We need a more nuanced approach that consi
Sort Out Our NHS
What's the point of having a national health service if you can't even get a doctor's appointment without waiting weeks, I mean come on. I've been saying it for years, the system's a mess and it's only getting worse. My proposal is to go ba
Seriously, why are we still relying on paper appointment letters? It's 2024!
Why are we still posting out paper appointment letters for the NHS? We know half of them get lost, arrive late, or are just ignored. It’s a ridiculous waste of time and money, and it’s actively making waiting lists worse because people miss
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
NHS Funding Over Vanity Projects
I've looked at the numbers and it's clear we need to rethink our spending priorities. The NHS is struggling to keep up with demand, and it's not just a matter of throwing more money at the problem. We need to make sure that funding is targe
Scrap the NHS Bureaucracy
What's the point of having a healthcare system if you can't even get a doctor's appointment without waiting weeks, all while the administrators are getting paid more than the nurses. I mean think about it, we're pouring all this money into
Enough with the 'postcode lottery' for cancer drugs, Holyrood needs to sort this.
My sister-in-law down in Ayrshire was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. She was told the latest targeted therapy drug wasn't available on the NHS there, but it was for folk in Glasgow. Had to fight tooth and nail, and honestly, it fel
Scotland deserves better than Westminster's defence mess
I was talking to one of my pupils the other day and they mentioned their dad was in the military, stationed somewhere in England. The kid was worried sick because their dad was being sent to some godforsaken place to fight in a war that doe
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