Category Archives: Solutions

During the first UK lockdown in Spring 2020 a small scale survey was carried out by telephone interviews to senior managers, owners and leaders of industry (private and public sector) by Sarah Cripps, this nominee. The majority had identified that lockdown had given them the time to exercise, take time out, support more independent businessesContinue reading “Help businesses to help staff continue lockdown socio-economic &health lessons”

I would like to suggest the provision of nationwide summer schools. This would take the form of schools being open for 2-3 days per week for the 5-6 weeks of the proposed summer holidays, focusing on core skills in English and Maths. This would achieve the following aims: 1) Re-introducing children to the school environmentContinue reading “School’s IN for summer: supporting children back to school and helping them to catch up”

It needs to be made a criminal offence for politicians to lie to or mislead the public. It is clear from their behaviour that many politicians and other leaders of our society have little respect for honesty and truth. Consequently the public has, to a large extent, lost trust and confidence in their leadership. TellingContinue reading “How trust in the leaders of our society could be created”

Summary The pandemic has highlighted a problem which we have been thinking about for a long time: how to create a type of system build, supported by a new simple Planning Policy, which will help those members of society who are in need of some level of support with the challenges of every-day living toContinue reading “Detailed Proposal for Bespoke Residential Pods aimed at reducing social isolation.”

Because of the pandemic caused by Covid 19 our Government has borrowed enormous sums of money to support people and businesses over the past year. How will these sums be repaid? The traditional way to raise money is through increased taxation of income, profits or capital, but at a time when many people have lostContinue reading “How will we repay the enormous borrowing by the Government and resulting indebtedness?”

SUMMARY At end March 2020, 80,080 children were in Care and the number increases year on year. The number of child homicides involving parents has stayed relatively steady over the decades, yet this is what local authorities fear. Funding for family support is limited whilst funding for child protection is ever increasing. Care Orders areContinue reading “Covid-19: A Trigger to Improve Family Support, Reduce Numbers in Care and Improve Outcomes?”

The government would initially print £500bn and take positions primarily in gold but could be other long-term investments. QE globally has created the largest ever monetary expansion in history since the financial crisis and inflation is the inevitable consequence. gold however has aways been and will be a future hedge against inflationary expectations. The governmentContinue reading “Creation of UK Wealth Fund”

The Government should have a target that 20% of each type of manufactured good (i.e. tables) purchased in the UK is made in the UK. This will require a cultural shift to move away from cost and will require individuals and organisations to take a holistic view of spending. Taking into account the wider pictureContinue reading “Increased support to UK manufacturing to increase supply chain security and level up the country”

In the same way that persistent national publicity campaigns supported by peer pressure and when needed police enforcement have led to almost universal compliance with social distancing and mask wearing, similar approaches to taking litter home could be used to reducing littering. A community organised annual clean-up day or even just a cleanup hour, coordinatedContinue reading “Combating litter and littering”

Summary: The digital divide is real and is widening as technology advances. The difference in experience between those without and without reliable internet during the Covid-19 pandemic has shone a light on how fundamental access to the internet is to support our daily lives. Reliable and affordable internet access to all homes provide more equitableContinue reading “Internet Connectivity and Smart Homes to Support Wellbeing”