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One of the government’s “moonshot” programmes should be to eradicate all unnecessary psychological suffering in the UK. The target should be to make the UK the happiest country on earth. Not only would this, in time, significantly improve the nation’s physical health, but it would also create a more resilient society, which is economically dynamic,Continue reading “Moonshot: reskilling programme to supply workers for health and teaching, with mental health focus”

Rather than focusing on giving out vast amounts of money to support businesses and individuals a system of delaying, without penalty, those ongoing bills that are the things that will cause home and business loss to the economy and society. Direct financial support is also necessary but this should be at a level of thoseContinue reading “Share the cost and save society and the economy.”

[This is an answer to the question, “How can we run drug trials much more quickly than we managed in 2020?”] 2020 phase 3 vaccine trials averaged 107 days between starting phrase 3 and submitting data for approval. We can reduce this to 30 days (perhaps fewer) if we make it legal to infect volunteersContinue reading “How to run drug trials much more quickly than we managed in 2020.”

Unsurprisingly, government spending has sky-rocketed this year, in order to support peoples’ livelihoods and ensure certain sectors of the economy have some chance of surviving in 2021 and beyond. Whilst there has been agreement on the need for spending, there has also been a significant amount of speculation on how and when these bills willContinue reading “Legalizing marijuana in order to create new government revenue, jobs, and investment in post-Brexit Britain”

The problem of lack of adequate accommodation with non-shared facilities can be solved by: • a major investment in the manufacturing of factory built houses and accommodation units. • a change in the planning regulations. The manufacturing facilities in the UK for factory built houses are limited. The capacity can be increased substantially with aContinue reading “Factory built housing units”

A simple way to change people’s attitude to travel is to have free public transport. There would be then no need for two car families, and in many cases car ownership would not be necessary. Buses and stops aligned with needs, outside supermarkets, schools and public amenities. Eventually buses converted to electric and the reintroductionContinue reading “Free public transport”

Train one vaccinator per household to vaccinate family members and for lone living elderly citizens they could be vaccinated by their extended family member/s where good relationship exist.     213-11

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is not a particularly new idea. It has been around since at least the 1940s. At its core is the recognition that a currency issuing government has no need to issue debt in order to fund government spending. Governments can (and do) simply spend the money into existence. This is aContinue reading “Modern Monetary Theory – An Idea whose moment has come”

Instead of sending money abroad as aid to foreign countries. I would invest more (not all) foreign aid budget in British manufacturing of goods that can be exported as aid. This would help stimulate British industry and create production jobs. Production of goods can be situated in areas of the country with both the requiredContinue reading “Invest foreign aid in production of British goods for aid export”

Electrically assisted E-bikes are known to make users more physically active. Many public parks a modest distance from population centres and within cities have car parking, but no facilities for securing and re-charging E-bikes. This is clearly a nonsense when we do not have road capacity for more cars, and when a number of E-bikesContinue reading “Installing E-bike charging points in public parks and open spaces”