50 word Moneyfesto - Small changes for a big difference 2013

David_Smallwood

All publicly funded bodies (eg Councils, Hospitals, Universities) should be required to Bank only with the Bank of England, with Current and Deposit Accounts. All other cash investments by them elsewhere should be banned. Keep the Country's money with the Government's Bank and prevent another Iceland Bank crisis.

Rufus20

Paul_Bradford wrote: »

Plus make State Pension means tested.

To have savings or an income you have to work. Therefore you pay income tax and national insurance. If these people don't get their pension at the end why did they bother working? The tax system has to give back to the hard working people that contribute to it!

nathanjm

Often when you look on the pack of some food packaging to check if it can be recycled, it says 'Check local recycling' as different councils operate different recycling schemes, with some recycling more types of materials than others.

My suggestion is that the government standardise the recycling system right across the country, and have food manufacturers only use packaging that can be recycled.

This would make it far easier for people to recycle, and also reduce the amount of stuff going to landfill.

cash1948

Allow the full ISA allowance to be divided between cash or shares ISA in any proportion - not just the current 50/50

Teacher2

Schemes to extract money specifically from motorists should be ended. For example, fines for parking fractionally over (often too small) parking spaces in council car parks should end. Also, exhorbitant parking charges should be capped and a 'free first half hour' offered. Non-fixed, i.e. variable speed limits or time expiring speed limits which can be altered on gantries should NEVER be used to catch motorists out and raise revenue.

Judi2shoes_2

The purchase of alcohol should be rationed a certain quantity of alcohol each month could be purchased at a reasonable price then anyone who wants more than the agreed quantity should have to pay more tax thereby raising money for the revenue and hopefully easing the problem of binge drinking

radiostu

Govt. & Local Authorities can help by Insisting that in ANY Contract they award, ALL Companies / Sub Contractors / Suppliers / Individuals in the WHOLE SUPPLY CHAIN are PAID ON TIME and certainly Within 30 Days.

oliviacooper

All rented houses should have carbon monoxide and smoke alarms installed and regularly checked. All houses (rented or not) should have them fitted and checked whenever a boiler is installed or serviced, or a chimney swept. See Katiehaines.com for more about what happens if not.

retired_adventurer

Help savers a little by increasing the interest rate on new ISAs. The fixed limits on deposits mean everyone would gain a little rather than those with most gaining most.

mexicannavigator

By switching off traffic lights it stops vehicles idling and killing the environment (so we`re told), even if they`re just switched off at night when there is fewer vehicles on the road it should help a little towards global propaganda/warming.