keitha
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Post by keitha on Jun 3, 2024 18:52:12 GMT
for me
1) drop the presumption of no onshore wind in England
2) Wind farms to subsidise electricity bills for those within 1, 3, 5 miles at say 20% , 10%, 5% of SVT at 2500 kWh a year use less its a bigger discount. Within 5 miles of 2 farms your get 2 * 5%. A higher kWh allowance for areas with no gas supply.
3) instead of curtailment people within 5 miles to be able to get free any extra they can draw compared to normal usage.
4) reduce Council tax by 1 Band for solar, 2 bands for solar and Battery, and yes this may mean 2 new Bands AA, and AAA ( or A1, A2 )
5) Standing charge to be abolished, or severely limited ie to 50% of usage cost
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Post by bracknellboy on Jun 4, 2024 6:54:17 GMT
for me 1) drop the presumption of no onshore wind in England 2) Wind farms to subsidise electricity bills for those within 1, 3, 5 miles at say 20% , 10%, 5% of SVT at 2500 kWh a year use less its a bigger discount. Within 5 miles of 2 farms your get 2 * 5%. A higher kWh allowance for areas with no gas supply. 3) instead of curtailment people within 5 miles to be able to get free any extra they can draw compared to normal usage. 4) reduce Council tax by 1 Band for solar, 2 bands for solar and Battery, and yes this may mean 2 new Bands AA, and AAA ( or A1, A2 ) 5) Standing charge to be abolished, or severely limited ie to 50% of usage cost given some of your past comments I'm a little surprised by this. I would have expected that reform of Pension Credit and benefits based on it so it was phased withdrawal rather than a binary clip level, would have made your top 5. And if not, reform of other benefits so they weren't based solely on eligibility for Pension Credit.
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Post by adrianc on Jun 4, 2024 7:10:13 GMT
I'd like to see... 1. A stop to divide-and-rule, demonisation of minorities and "others". 2. A stop to waste of government expenditure on vanity projects and nest-feathering, and a focus on helping those who need help. 3. A return to boring competence and actual statesmanship. 4. An acceptance that many of the fixes to structural problems in the country are not one-parliament projects, and will be expensive. 5. Fixing our broken electoral system - not just FPTP, but the way baser public attitudes are stoked by irresponsible media - www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/64/section/4The rest is fine detail. |
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Post by agent69 on Jun 4, 2024 7:32:22 GMT
- Forced national service for anyone that supports PR
- Making people financially accountable for disruption that they cause (fo example drunk people causing an aircraft to be diverted, or gluing your hands to a major road)
- Trade unions made illegal
- Demonstrators to pay for the cost of security for their protests
- Anyone of retirement age to get one free visit to their local massage parlour each month
There must be others. I'll have a think
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Post by ptr120 on Jun 4, 2024 7:47:59 GMT
1. A return to the EU single market to help boost export growth
2. A new higher council tax band for mansions (say above 2 million) or those with second homes
3. Those who continue to work after pension age will need to continue to pay National Insurance
4. A legal requirement for honesty in public life for all MP's and civil servants
5. Financial education of some sort to be compulsorary. Reintroduce compulsorary foreign language learning
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Post by moonraker on Jun 4, 2024 10:57:19 GMT
1. Sort out the financing of the NHS as it struggles to cope with an ageing population and our various ills. 2. Reduce illegal immigration. 3. Abolish the honours system when it comes to awards for politicians. 4. Increase the annual £3,000 gifts allowance.
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Post by adrianc on Jun 4, 2024 11:19:48 GMT
4. A legal requirement for honesty in public life for all MP's and civil servants We already have this. There's the ministerial code and the Nolan principles - true, not directly legally enforceable - but there's also... www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/misconduct-public-officeWhat it needs is more enforcement.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Jun 4, 2024 14:50:28 GMT
1. A return to the EU single market to help boost export growth 2. A new higher council tax band for mansions (say above 2 million) or those with second homes 3. Those who continue to work after pension age will need to continue to pay National Insurance4. A legal requirement for honesty in public life for all MP's and civil servants 5. Financial education of some sort to be compulsory. Reintroduce compulsory foreign language learning As someone due to get state pension next year. you don't pay NI in the tax year you reach retirement age, so I pay no NI this year I'd like to see NI on Pensions totalling > say £30k , at say 2%, and yes this would affect me. Pensions to include the state pension and occupational pensions / annuities etc
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Jun 4, 2024 14:52:09 GMT
- Forced national service for anyone that supports PR
- Making people financially accountable for disruption that they cause (for example drunk people causing an aircraft to be diverted, or gluing your hands to a major road)
- Trade unions made illegal
- Demonstrators to pay for the cost of security for their protests
- Anyone of retirement age to get one free visit to their local massage parlour each month
There must be others. I'll have a think
who would then stand up for the workers, yes some unions have too much power ( ASLEF for one ). I believe that you can be charged for the cost of diverting planes etc
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Post by michaelc on Jun 4, 2024 14:55:02 GMT
- Forced national service for anyone that supports PR
- Making people financially accountable for disruption that they cause (fo example drunk people causing an aircraft to be diverted, or gluing your hands to a major road)
- Trade unions made illegal
- Demonstrators to pay for the cost of security for their protests
- Anyone of retirement age to get one free visit to their local massage parlour each month
There must be others. I'll have a think
Didn't you miss build more prisons ?
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Jun 4, 2024 14:55:17 GMT
for me 1) drop the presumption of no onshore wind in England 2) Wind farms to subsidise electricity bills for those within 1, 3, 5 miles at say 20% , 10%, 5% of SVT at 2500 kWh a year use less its a bigger discount. Within 5 miles of 2 farms your get 2 * 5%. A higher kWh allowance for areas with no gas supply. 3) instead of curtailment people within 5 miles to be able to get free any extra they can draw compared to normal usage. 4) reduce Council tax by 1 Band for solar, 2 bands for solar and Battery, and yes this may mean 2 new Bands AA, and AAA ( or A1, A2 ) 5) Standing charge to be abolished, or severely limited ie to 50% of usage cost given some of your past comments I'm a little surprised by this. I would have expected that reform of Pension Credit and benefits based on it so it was phased withdrawal rather than a binary clip level, would have made your top 5. And if not, reform of other benefits so they weren't based solely on eligibility for Pension Credit. I'd agree with that I'd also like to take a point on Nurses Pay Scales and say that point is now permanently fixed to 10% above UK average salary, and that the differentials are maintained. and do the same for Doctors . something controversial Bailiffs / process servers etc to a) not be allowed to Have "BAILIFF" "Civil Recovery" etc in large letters on vehicles. Also not allowed to wear uniforms that very closely match Police uniforms so not allowed to be Black / very dark grey / very dark blue, I would suggest green or red, identification to be on chest not back. Again these people to be forbidden by law from lying to people with 2 punishments first offence lose licence for life, and to be on a barred list, second offence to personally refund any money collected since first offence and any remaining balance to be wiped. I would also ban debt recovery companies from chasing debts they know are statute barred.
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Post by rscal on Jun 4, 2024 15:13:22 GMT
A public-intiative referendum bill (do we have one?) but a proper one anyway that will lead to Parliament really being scared of the public. Seems to have worked for the Swiss.
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Post by agent69 on Jun 4, 2024 15:17:39 GMT
- Forced national service for anyone that supports PR
- Making people financially accountable for disruption that they cause (for example drunk people causing an aircraft to be diverted, or gluing your hands to a major road)
- Trade unions made illegal
- Demonstrators to pay for the cost of security for their protests
- Anyone of retirement age to get one free visit to their local massage parlour each month
There must be others. I'll have a think
, yes some unions have too much power ( ASLEF for one ). Why can't they stand up for themselves, that's what non unionised people do.
Your employment with a company is governed by 2 sets of rules:
- rules that the government put in place (minimum wage, working hours, holidays, minimum working conditions), and
- rules that your company put in place (place of work, nature of work, fringe benefits)
If your employer breaks any of these rules you don't need a union and you don't need to go on strike. Just take your employer to an employment tribunal. However, most strikes have nothing to do with breaches of what has been agreed, it's the unions trying to implement something that wasn't agreed. For example if you want an inflation busting pay rise every year then get it written into your contract before you sign it. If you don't, then you can't moan if you don't get something that you're not entitled to.
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Post by agent69 on Jun 4, 2024 15:19:34 GMT
- Forced national service for anyone that supports PR
- Making people financially accountable for disruption that they cause (fo example drunk people causing an aircraft to be diverted, or gluing your hands to a major road)
- Trade unions made illegal
- Demonstrators to pay for the cost of security for their protests
- Anyone of retirement age to get one free visit to their local massage parlour each month
There must be others. I'll have a think
Didn't you miss build more prisons ? Number of prisons is fine, you just need greater deterrents to stop people committing crime in the first place. Maybe something like this
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Jun 4, 2024 15:38:32 GMT
who would then stand up for the workers, yes some unions have too much power ( ASLEF for one ). Why can't they stand up for themselves, that's what non unionised people do.
Your employment with a company is governed by 2 sets of rules:
- rules that the government put in place (minimum wage, working hours, holidays, minimum working conditions), and
- rules that your company put in place (place of work, nature of work, fringe benefits)
If your employer breaks any of these rules you don't need a union and you don't need to go on strike. Just take your employer to an employment tribunal. However, most strikes have nothing to do with breaches of what has been agreed, it's the unions trying to implement something that wasn't agreed. For example if you want an inflation busting pay rise every year then get it written into your contract before you sign it. If you don't, then you can't moan if you don't get something that you're not entitled to.
Management won't discuss pay rises with every member of staff individually, that's a waste to time on both sides. and the nonsense suggestion that allows strikes as long as "sufficient cover is provided for the business to continue" is ridiculous. Yes I'd get rid of the BMA and the RCN by making terms and conditions for Nurses and Doctors generous and guarantee that they would remain so. Anyone who thinks a Nurse in charge of a ward with 20 sick kids is only worth 1/2 what a tube driver gets is living in a different world to me
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