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Fix it by removing taxation of employee labour & replace it with a taxation on natural resources used in the manufacturing process. This will encourage recycling, reuse, repurposing, reinvigorate craft & apprentice skills training, & ultimately conserve finite earth resources     1351-11

Prior to lock down I had been involved training local volunteers in skills to recognize those at risk of suicide and self-harm in an area of deprivation and high suicide rates. I believe that the potential is there to train people at local level and advertise it in the same way as “Neighbourhood Watch” schemesContinue reading “The training of community volunteers in “safe talk” and intervention skills for those at risk.”

Local rural buses tend to have low passenger numbers (at least in Dorset) and usually a designated space for wheelchairs and buggies. By removing one or two more seats – or replacing them with folding seats as on some trains – bicycle spaces could be provided. A company might test the potential demand by experimentingContinue reading “Bicycle transport on buses”

CCAP : Council Compulsory Acquisition Programme: would work as follows: 1. The law should be changed to allow Councils to acquire (not purchase) legal ownership of any building or land not used (say) for 5 years. 2. Councils would have a small work force to identify land or buildings that have not been used forContinue reading “CCAP. Council Compulsory Acquisition Programme”

This would simultaneously address another serious problem in the UK: the failure of prisons to rehabilitate ex-offenders. The current UK prison system has yet to properly rehabilitate prisoners, which is one important aim of penal systems. The UK has the highest rates of recidivism in Europe. Prisoners are often stuck in a cycle of crime,Continue reading “The chronic understaffing of the crisis in care could be remedied by training a cohort of prisoners to become workers in the care sector.”

I currently work as a Paraplanner, my role involves writing reports for Financial Advisers detailing their clients financial situation. Over the years I have noted that for many affluent clients their State Pension income is superfluous to their needs and they are likely to fall foul of the pensions Lifetime Allowance charges. In order toContinue reading “State Pension vs Lifetime Allowance”

Covid-19 has simultaneously identified the dangers of factory farming whilst providing the opportunity to eradicate it. With the consequences of a pandemic fresh in our mind, perhaps for the first time ever, we may have the political will to scrap factory farming for good. I say the political will, as opposed to the public pressure,Continue reading “Scrap Factory Farming”

The concept of a CARF is to build and sustain permanently a capable body of citizens who each volunteer to take up the challenge of (a) spending some (paid) time each year training and exercising skills (b) to the commitment to be available when needed in a national emergency. The Force would be similar toContinue reading “Create a new force to prepare for future national emergencies”

In the wake of COVID-19, we saw and continue to see global disruptions; disruptions such that livelihoods and lives were being uprooted, production processes and supply chains were at a halt, and populations at the margin kept bearing the brunt of the crisis. A significant chunk of us, privileged members of society, began to witnessContinue reading “Reducing the collateral impact of prolonged disruptions, especially in food-insecure households”

In 1946 when the NHS was first introduced it was essential to secure the health of our nation and the future prosperity of our people. I believe the NHS is our shining light to the world and highlights the generosity of our spirit as a nation towards one another. If we were to ever loseContinue reading “How to address the future healthcare needs of our nation.”