What do you want

[Flanders]

I would like more work done with the health service its in a mess at the moment maybe start charging people who miss use it

 

[Octopus]

1. Scrap the tax credits system - it IS the biggest barrier to social mobility

2. Remove the differences between Contributions based JSA and Income based JSA

3. Implement a tax on turn over against multi nation companies (actually announced this week)

4. When on the dole/benefits allow people to take contract roles and when the "term" finishes, allow them to rejoin the benefits system where they were.

5. Increase the dole but for every 3 months out of work reduce the payment

6. Random changes to sign on days so that people out of work can't do work on the side so easily.

7. An immediate ban on people buying homes if they are not resident in the UK (aka Denmark)

8. An immediate review of the parlimentary boundaries, to reduce the number of MP's by 100 AND make all the constituancies the same size.

9. Remove the "exclusive" rights to sport and a return to free to air viewing....

10. MP's expense scheme written by HR and FD's from the top 100 UK companies, and all claims subject to scrutiney by Joe Public

11. MP's banned from ANY 2nd jobs/consultancy/Directorships during office and the 5 years after!

12. Foreign criminals sent home when released from prison, no appeals, no favours!

13. The EU to pay for the homes the UK needs - so in return for free movement, they pay for the housing and services we need.

14. Tear up ALL PFI agreements

15. Tear up the Barnet formula

16. Remove all the regional differences for funding the NHS

17. Increase motorway speed limits to 80 mph except when its raining then make it 70 (aka France)

18. a 2nd state pension for all the self employed people in the UK

19. A charge made for non emergency A & E visits

20. A charge made for visiting your doctors

21. MP's can only represent the area they live in, and must have resided for minimum 5 years and with a minimum of 15 years work experince in the private sector.

22. All mobile networks to relinquish control of the "masts" to a not for profit organisation and sharing of all masts for everbody.

23. Salary caps of Private Sector bosses equal to 40 x their lowest paid full time employee (so thats about £540K per year)

24. Salary caps for public sector boses equal to 25 x their lowest paid full time employee

25. Votes for English bills by English MP's only

26. An immediate halt to building out of town stores

27. An immediate halt to any more "convienence" stores operated by the big stores

28. Higher tax on profits on all "online" retailers

29. Scam fees to be equalised with Gas Safe - with one single NOT FOR PROFIT organisation.

30. The IET prevented from updating BS7671 within 5 years of the last update.

31. ALL foreign landlords taxed at 40% of revenue

32. Empty properties can be used by the state if no occupied within 3 months of purchase.

33. Spot checks on ALL benefit payment recipients - including unannounced home visits

34. For every extra million of taxes coming in recruit 3 more hmrc staff


That would do for starters.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

As I understand it the cost of an ambulance attending a RTA is now being charged to the patient in mant areas. Apparently the insurance companies pay the bill.

 

[trev]

I like some of that, you must be a closet socialist

 

[davesparks]

Are you sure?
I thought it was immigrants coming here to sponge off our benefits.
Isn't there a thread about this?

No, this part of the discussion is about having too many kids!

 

[Flanders]

1. Scrap the tax credits system - it IS the biggest barrier to social mobility

2. Remove the differences between Contributions based JSA and Income based JSA

3. Implement a tax on turn over against multi nation companies (actually announced this week)

4. When on the dole/benefits allow people to take contract roles and when the "term" finishes, allow them to rejoin the benefits system where they were.

5. Increase the dole but for every 3 months out of work reduce the payment

6. Random changes to sign on days so that people out of work can't do work on the side so easily.

7. An immediate ban on people buying homes if they are not resident in the UK (aka Denmark)

8. An immediate review of the parlimentary boundaries, to reduce the number of MP's by 100 AND make all the constituancies the same size.

9. Remove the "exclusive" rights to sport and a return to free to air viewing....

10. MP's expense scheme written by HR and FD's from the top 100 UK companies, and all claims subject to scrutiney by Joe Public

11. MP's banned from ANY 2nd jobs/consultancy/Directorships during office and the 5 years after!

12. Foreign criminals sent home when released from prison, no appeals, no favours!

13. The EU to pay for the homes the UK needs - so in return for free movement, they pay for the housing and services we need.

14. Tear up ALL PFI agreements

15. Tear up the Barnet formula

16. Remove all the regional differences for funding the NHS

17. Increase motorway speed limits to 80 mph except when its raining then make it 70 (aka France)

18. a 2nd state pension for all the self employed people in the UK

19. A charge made for non emergency A & E visits

20. A charge made for visiting your doctors

21. MP's can only represent the area they live in, and must have resided for minimum 5 years and with a minimum of 15 years work experince in the private sector.

22. All mobile networks to relinquish control of the "masts" to a not for profit organisation and sharing of all masts for everbody.

23. Salary caps of Private Sector bosses equal to 40 x their lowest paid full time employee (so thats about £540K per year)

24. Salary caps for public sector boses equal to 25 x their lowest paid full time employee

25. Votes for English bills by English MP's only

26. An immediate halt to building out of town stores

27. An immediate halt to any more "convienence" stores operated by the big stores

28. Higher tax on profits on all "online" retailers

29. Scam fees to be equalised with Gas Safe - with one single NOT FOR PROFIT organisation.

30. The IET prevented from updating BS7671 within 5 years of the last update.

31. ALL foreign landlords taxed at 40% of revenue

32. Empty properties can be used by the state if no occupied within 3 months of purchase.

33. Spot checks on ALL benefit payment recipients - including unannounced home visits


That would do for starters.

Are you running for priminister, if so you have got my vote

 

[Diddy]

I like some of that, you must be a closet socialist

Im with you on Murdoch's list but I do wish to emphasise the word some lol. Parts are unworkable but I find myself agreeing with a few.
My fav that I have been on about for years is
21. MP's can only represent the area they live in, and must have resided for minimum 5 years and with a minimum of 15 years work experince in the private sector
I even stated before that I think the system is buggered with regards to this and the appointment of "ministers" - they appoint people to be minister for education ect when that minister's only experience in the field is that he went to school lol.
Same for all the other ministerial posts....I would like to see them handed out at the beginning of government and only to that parties "expert" in the given field...No reshuffles or any of that rubbish they are there to implement government policy and should have 5 full years to do so.

Also I would like MP recall by their constituents if they have not carried out (Or made inroads) to their pledge to get into office be that locally or nationally.

 

[Octopus]

Im with you on Murdoch's list but I do wish to emphasise the word some lol. Parts are unworkable but I find myself agreeing with a few.

Such as?

 

[Adam W]

Such as?

No.8 sounds like you're talking about moving all the county boundaries simply for the sake of making all the constituencies the same size for some reason. This still wouldn't ensure equal representation because the population density would still vary.
It would be a load of expensive upheaval and destruction of regional identity for no real gain.

 

[Octopus]

No.8 sounds like you're talking about moving all the county boundaries simply for the sake of making all the constituencies the same size for some reason. This still wouldn't ensure equal representation because the population density would still vary.
It would be a load of expensive upheaval and destruction of regional identity for no real gain.

Not talking about moving county boundaries. Simply suggesting that all constituancies should have about the same number of potential voters in them.

Never wondered why one party needs a 5% advantage in the polls to get an equal footing with another?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Such as?

Not to sure about taxing turnover rather than profits?

 

[Adam W]

Not talking about moving county boundaries. Simply suggesting that all constituancies should have about the same number of potential voters in them.

Never wondered why one party needs a 5% advantage in the polls to get an equal footing with another?

So how would that work? Under the current system each part of a constituency has the same police force, fire brigade, NHS trust, council, bus company, education authority etc. Moving the boundaries for the sake of MPs having an equal number of constituents could mean an MP has to deal with more than one of these bodies (eg 2 different councils) so it would be harder to ensure consistency throughout the constituency.

 

[Silly Sausage]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLD-7bCtME

 

[trev]

Isn't that the theme song of the tories?

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I believe that we already have Constituencies which cover areas of neighbouring Councils etc.
One Constituency that I am aware of, Leyton which is in the Borough of Waltham Forest, includes part of Stratford (Newham) and Wanstead (Redbridge).

 

[Octopus]

So how would that work? Under the current system each part of a constituency has the same police force, fire brigade, NHS trust, council, bus company, education authority etc. Moving the boundaries for the sake of MPs having an equal number of constituents could mean an MP has to deal with more than one of these bodies (eg 2 different councils) so it would be harder to ensure consistency throughout the constituency.

I am all for fewer chiefs in the public sector, with more Indians on the front line, we would be better off

 

[Diddy]

Such as?

Number 6 - just cant envisage a system where it could work
Number 11 - As much as we all love to hate Mp's they do have to live after politics you could never expect them to have zero income for 5 years....or are you willing to pay them for 5 years at the same rate for doing nothing ? **Having said that I DO think that a block could/should be in place where they have effected the fortunes of a company through either asking questions or even chairing committees.....I would love to see a bar on Mp's ever being allowed to gain through something the did when in office.
Maybe better just to throw the spot light firmly on lobby groups and how a question/policy makes its way through the house....it really isnt all that transparent how some policies get rushed and hushed through without anybody noticing lol.
13,14,15,16 are all questionable....We now do have devolved governments so how they spend their cash should be up to them. The Barnett formula will exist in one form or another as long as there is a UK.....it is just a system to distribute funds in reality.
I agree with english votes for english laws.....BUT only if we retain devolution...cant have it both ways really.
19 - maybe
20 - dead against
22.....bloody unfair on the networks who have invested...surprised you like this idea tbh
32 - bit harsh lol
33 - piff....who would want to do this and to what end ? We all go on about trimming the public sector....think about how many of those pesky public sector jobs we would need to do this ...apart from the fact that it is a major intrusion......I would venture that "most" unemployed people are quite normal down on their luck people who are 1. struggling with cash worries and 2. are bloody desperate for the phone to go offering them a return to work. I just don't see the need to harass people when they are down.
I didnt really want to take your list apart as it seems im nit picking when in reality overall I though not a bad set of policies.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I think it would be better for people to go round to check the claimants are getting what they're entitled to rather than trying to catch them out as scroungers.

 

[trev]

300 people assigned to tracking down tax dodges to the tune of an estimated £120 billion.
3000 people assigned to tracking down an estimated £1.2 billion in benefits wrongly claimed/defrauded.
Says it all really doesn't it?

 

[Silly Sausage]

300 people assigned to tracking down tax dodges to the tune of an estimated £120 billion.
3000 people assigned to tracking down an estimated £1.2 billion in benefits wrongly claimed/defrauded.
Says it all really doesn't it?

Hahaha!!!
Most of these muppets who whinge on and on about benefit fraud and the like, just haven't got a clue about the silly numbers involved in a 21st Century economy.