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Distance Learning (“DL”) should be funded across all our primary and secondary schools. Essentially, the staffing and funding of this should be carried out by treating DL as an additional subject to be delivered through existing structures. For example, schools should establish DL leads, funded in the same way as subject or department leads. SchoolContinue reading “Distance Learning: A Core Educational Provision Addressing Urgent Learning Gaps and the Ongoing Achievement Deficit.”

There are excellent UK precedents for government interventions working to change markets for the better. In the energy market, UK government support for onshore and offshore wind turbines and attractive feed-in tariffs for domestic solar power generation have contributed substantially to our nation being able to meet electricity demand for extended periods without burning coal.Continue reading “What Build Back Better really means for the UK housing market”

The UK has exported many thousands of tonnes of waste to countries, such as Vietnam and Malaysia, which are not necessarily equipped to recycle or process it properly. As we know, much of it ends up in the sea. The UK imports thousands of tonnes of goods from abroad and with it comes vast amountsContinue reading “ONE SIMPLE FIX FOR THE PROBLEM WE HAVE WITH NON-RECYCLABLE WASTE”

The government should work with businesses, including providing financial support, to convert unused office space into low-carbon housing. This would work towards a number of valuable short-term goals: alleviating the housing shortage in urban centres, increasing Britain’s overall stock of low-carbon homes, and providing financial relief to businesses and investors harmed by the sudden collapseContinue reading “Offer government support for converting unused office space into low-carbon housing”

This idea aims to address systemic problems in our current approach to voting for political parties to decide national policies and priorities. The idea proposes an alternative data-driven approach based on voting for ideas, not people. Our current approach to general elections is to ask the electorate to pick between a few clubs of peopleContinue reading “Voting for Ideas Not People”

This pandemic has created a clear opportunity to bring the country together and enhance the desire of people to make a difference in their communities. But how do we create a positive and lasting national inclusion legacy? With the latest request for people to sign up for the NHS Jab Army, I downloaded the GoodContinue reading “Creating a virtual network of community heroes who can respond to a call to action”

Language Deprivation is a cruel and harsh reality for many deaf children. In the UK, 4 babies are born deaf each day, with 90% of these born to hearing parents with little to no knowledge of sign languages (NDCS). When deaf children are not able to fully access either signed or spoken language they areContinue reading “Recognition of the Right to Language for all children, particularly to support Deaf children”

There is a real problem with a growing population of frail elderly and particular those in care homes. Elderly patients in care homes have increasingly complex conditions. It is not uncommon for homes to have residents regularly attending casualty (revolving door effect), regularly calling paramedic services and primary care services. Weekends and nights are aContinue reading “Care Home First Responders (Matrons)”

1. Recognise that psychological wellbeing can be improved with concrete, intentional action, both on an individual and at a policy level. Psychological distress is often viewed as predetermined and unchangeable. Many people live with extremely unpleasant symptoms of anxiety or depression for many years without realising that it is not an inevitability. Although not widelyContinue reading “A New Approach to Psychological Distress”

The answer to this question is surprisingly obvious and simple: reduce the amount of road haulage and increase the amount of bulk movements. Finance The proposed government spend of £27bn on roads and road improvements could instead be spent on Freight Railway improvements, Freight Staging Areas and a unified Freight Movement Database. Superficial research indicatesContinue reading “How can the nation reduce freight transit times and emissions?”