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They state we are short of police people so we are recruiting 20,000. Is there a shortage of police or are they not being used wisely and using them for what they are trained for? I am a witness to a theft. I call the police and they investigated, took statements and submitted the reportContinue reading “Policing & CPS”

Could we create a new part-time organization to support essential services when they are stressed, using retired personnel to work part time? In education, retired teachers could be assigned individual pupils for support in their studies which could be via Skype, Zoom or other on-line medium or even ‘learning stix’ which I have suggested elsewhere.Continue reading “Support to essential services – The Retained Reserve.”

Current proposals for recycling plastic bottles is to have local “reverse vending” machines. To have sufficient numbers, convenient enough that the public would use them would be prohibitively expensive. A more cost-effective solution would be to have centralised readers at each recycling centre and use the existing household recycling system. The readers would utilise aContinue reading “Improved plastic recycling.”

Currently the UK has some naval assets that are not fit for front line combat duties. The UK also has excellent military and naval engineers that are kept in a highly trained state to be able to deal with crises if they occur. It could be possible to marry these together with UK based engineeringContinue reading “Direct soft sea power aid projection while maintaining levels of readiness for desaster relief”

One clear issue highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic is the inadequacies in the care sector. At present, there are over 110,000 vacant roles, with a staff turnover rate of 30.7%. During the pandemic, staff shortages undoubtedly put greater pressure on the care sector, especially considering the high concentration of vulnerable individuals. However, the pandemic hasContinue reading “Student Service scheme for care homes.”

In 2012, the Bank of England launched a Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) to provide stimulus to the housing, and subsequently SME sectors, with strong documented impact. Under the scheme the Bank effectively lent to the banking sector at preferential interest rates, contingent on the commercial banks making new loans to the designated sectors. OurContinue reading “A Proposal: A Green Funding for Lending Scheme”

I am a retired engineer. I have seen no mention of attempts to mitigate the effects of Covid19 by filtering free-air in public places/transport. I have no experience of virological research and offer this electro-mechanical solution from an engineer’s point of view. Also, I have no evidence that the device would be efficient enough toContinue reading “A system to filter out potential Covid 19 virus burdens in free air”

The Solution Any citizen to have the right to send in a photograph highlighting uncleared rubbish to an independently managed website set up as a register and as a record that the incident has been officially reported. If after 3 months the problem has not been resolved by the relevant authority the individual to haveContinue reading “A simple self-financing strategy which sends a positive messages to society”

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”