Category Archives: Prize-Entry

The main, but not only, criteria for a levy to be seen as successful will be that it raises a significant sum for the Exchequer. To achieve this the levy needs to be seen as fair and not over punitive to those who have generated wealth or a disincentive to those who are seeking toContinue reading “A wealth levy. How to make it work without destroying wealth creation and incentive.”

The Government can suddenly find housing now in the pandemic, they could do so more faithfully in the future. The national ‘Everyone In’ campaign demonstrates what can be done in response to an extremely urgent priority. Public health is one reason to do this. But basic humanity is most important. Everyone, without exception, has aContinue reading “Problem of homelessness. Opportunity of COVID. Remedy of Let’s BeFriends. A befriending service for those under pressure of homelessness born from the statutory Homelessness Advisory Lived Experience Group.”

In the past the U.K. helped pay for wars by issuing War Bonds, the idea here is to help pay for Covid by issuing an NHS (or Covid) Bond, potentially for unlimited amounts. These would have a fixed period, say 5 years, during which time money could not be withdrawn without fairly severe penalty (sayContinue reading “NHS or Covid Bonds”

What I propose is an ‘Under Desk-Hidden Push Button Alarm’ i.e as used in banks which connects to ‘Rapid Response Units. I myself have M.S. 30 years and have a panic alarm in a pendant which i don’t recommend as it could by used as a weapon . I also suggest the button could connectContinue reading “1 year Lockdown still Vulneable Adults and Traumitized Children keep ‘unsafe distance’ from violent abuserr”

All capital projects with an anticipated spend of over £5 million should be subject to a rigorous yet simple process of critical path analysis, followed by the appointment of a job-specific project manager. The job of the project manager is to ensure that at every stage in the delivery process, every possible impediment is identifiedContinue reading “The establishment of a simple recurring format for the implementation of project management.”

Fixing the problem Pro-Actively equip teachers with the facilitation techniques needed to enable young people to pro-actively learn how to maintain their physical, psychological and philosophical wellbeing. Teachers strengthen their confidence in this critical life learning area because they see the results in their students and also in their own lives. Grasping the Opportunity SubtlyContinue reading “New Meaning Pro-Active Life Skills”

(follow on from I.b) 1. Start a ‘YouthBank’ ~ I envisage this like a Foodbank, but instead of food, people put in money, or offer opportunities for work, apprenticeships, teaching some skills, spending time befriending, talking etc. This is NOT a government scheme; it must be done by people of goodwill with NO political agenda,Continue reading “Making the Future Happen”

There have been claims in the past that the NHS has been a political football. Can this administration see beyond party-political short-termism and set up a real planning authority, with the power to really get a plan for the NHS up and running. It should establish plans for 1-year, i.e. “this year’s” budget; the followingContinue reading “Long term planning for Health Service resilience through all-party action.”

With an introduction of a new permanent licensing objective to the Licensing Act 2003, which could be entitled: “Prevention of the spread of infectious diseases,” local authorities would be better equipped with relevant legislation and greater powers to impose sanctions against offending premises who fail to comply with disease control measures. It would bridge theContinue reading “Prevention of the spread of infectious diseases – a new permanent licensing objective”

The amount of NHS volunteer applications received in March/April surpassed 750,000 within a matter of weeks. Sadly, it proved to be a missed opportunity due to logistics and red tape within the NHS. While the pandemic will end, there is a growing need for NHS responders to continue to contribute on a volunteer basis. AContinue reading “Missed opportunity? Volunteering drive during the pandemic”