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What small change do you want from the new government?

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  • Rufus20
    Rufus20 Posts: 37 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Scrap TV License Fee

    Scrap the TV license fee. Watching the BBC should be pay per view instead. Lots of people hardly ever watch the BBC, why should they pay the BBC to watch Sky channels?
  • mac57
    mac57 Posts: 3 Newbie
    Eighth Anniversary First Post Combo Breaker
    All new properties should be built with solar panels for electricity and ground source heat pumps. This would
    Decrease the UK reliance on overseas nuclear and fossil energy
    Boost industry and create jobs
    Save money in the long term
    Paid for using the money saved developing new power plants
  • bavesr
    bavesr Posts: 3 Newbie
    At the begining of a cold call the company calling must identify themselves or the company they are working on beharf of. If they don't they are illegal. If they do you can be removed from their database, or have some to complain to.
  • Make the robbing ba%&*$£"ds at the Prudential (and no doubt other financial companies) pay out the pensions they promised when they mis-sold pensions to people like me. Then I won't have to be a burden on the state.
  • Change the way Vehicle Tax is calculated
    Calculate based on mileage ( DVLC has figures from MOT Cert ) and multiply by an emission factor for vehicle.
  • MLW
    MLW Posts: 22 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    TV Licence fee also covers all other BBC activities including website info, education and radio channels which I would guess most Sky customers listen too?
    Rufus20 wrote: »
    Scrap TV License Fee

    Scrap the TV license fee. Watching the BBC should be pay per view instead. Lots of people hardly ever watch the BBC, why should they pay the BBC to watch Sky channels?
  • Joshkun
    Joshkun Posts: 1 Newbie
    Ban admin fees and other charges being added to theatre and concert tickets

    It's really unfair when additional charges are added to theatre and concert tickets, even when you pick the option to print your tickets at home. The only acceptable option would be to allow a small percentage to be added to each ticket to cover "admin" though even this is unreasonable given everything is automated.
  • Increase the minimum wage not by the small amounts the government want but by a large amount to enable working families to get off benefits and force rich companies to pay a proper wage to their workers. If necessary, give some tax benefits to the smaller companies.
  • Have mandatory Home MOT,s to enable the public to see what repairs improvements could be undertaken to save them money, gutters; roof tiles ; put in a French drain to deflect water away; replace ancient boiler; flush out heating system; insulate lofts, cure damp, re-plaster walls, Repair empty homes etc.
  • jillygan
    jillygan Posts: 5 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Incentives for reporting benefit fraud

    Most people know of at least one benefit fraudster. Offering incentives to the public would encourage many to report them. Savings on benefits could by far outweigh the incentive payments made
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