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Hayward submission Feb 2021 – Localisation by Simon Haben There have been many dramatic effects from Covid-19 already and more are to come. One particular issue that is becoming increasingly worrying is the effect on the local areas that everybody lives in. This document summarises problems that have arisen and provides solutions under a bannerContinue reading “Localisation”

We must put to work the massive additional savings pot of around £100 billion accumulated by mainly higher-income households whose income continued or even rose, if they work in an industry which has benefited, during Covid whilst their costs fell (see the Bank of England analysis presented to the MPC in November 2020). The countryContinue reading “How to put the £100bn savings of the Covid-beneficiaries to work”

Decades of focus on central public sector service provision, financial sector concentration and infrastructure have created incredible synergy for business and people in and around London, that other parts of the country find difficult to compete with. Regionalizing Britain In terms of regions, we would like the UK to consider making a new set ofContinue reading “Re-imagining the United Kingdom”

The Moral Economy: After we recover physically and mentally from Covid-19, we have a real opportunity to reform the economy to one which offers everyone economic justice along with a healthy and green environment. One that offers people well-paid jobs, truly affordable homes and properly funded public services; one that recognises the worth of allContinue reading “After coronavirus we can have a fair economy and a healthier and green environment”

The COVID-19 pandemic presents us with a unique opportunity to reform the gig economy for the better at the same time as supporting small business in the transition to online trading. The pandemic has forced us to rethink the way we interact with each other and do business. As we have been forced to limitContinue reading “How to harness government support for business to catalyse gig economy reforms”

The UK should set itself up to lead the world in vaccine manufacture. We lead the world in the number of real ale breweries that we have and vaccine manufacture and brewing have similarities. If we put the brewing industry and Astra Zeneca together, can we come up with designs for vaccine making plants whichContinue reading “Vaccine manufacture”

InnoCentive staffer: “Why do you need the lubricant?” Client’s engineer: “Because we’re now expecting our machinery to do things it was not designed to do, and it needs a particular lubricant to operate.” InnoCentive staffer: “Why don’t you replace the machinery?” Client’s engineer: “Because no one makes equipment that exactly fits our needs.” This raisesContinue reading “Are you solving the right problem?”

When I last heard about it, Westminster was in urgent need of refurbishment, which would mean parliament moving out for some time at huge cost. The use of a virtual parliament, building on the experience during the pandemic as necessary, would eliminate the need to find an alternative venue and thereby save on cost. (IncidentallyContinue reading “Reduce costs of renovating palace of Westminster”

I have my own health resume which contains details of my health history from my childhood to the present day; it takes up one double-sided A4 page. I also have a ‘yellow card’ detailing the vaccinations that I have had whilst working abroad. If these two things are brought together, it would simplify the jobsContinue reading “Health passports”

Imagine the practicalities of a trip to the supermarket if you are unable to read. You can’t write a shopping list, your choices are restricted to the goods you have learned to recognise, and you’re not sure what you will have to pay. Other days see you struggling to catch the right bus, to fillContinue reading “The problems associated with low literacy amongst the homeless have been magnified by covid-19.”