What small change do you want from the new government?

jillygan

Government Suggestion Box

Government should have an open suggestion boxes for general public to put forward their ideas. Boxes could include for example health & safety, cost savings, transport etc. There are probably many good ideas out there that nobody ever gets to hear about

jillygan

Non British CRIMINALS should be made to leave country

We currently suffer their crime, then pay for them to be in prison, we then pay their benefits because they can no longer get a job when they come out... If they do not abide by British law they should not be living in the country

jillygan

Child benefit should have a cap

Child benefit should be capped at 2 or 3 children. This would stop some people having many children simply in order to get the funds

MLW

Let's give Working Tax Credit a more meaningful name EMPLOYERS LOW WAGE SUBSIDY - which is what it is. Lets move the shame of "Government handouts" to employers rather than try to shame employees. It should also be payable based on 24hrs work rather than 30.

MLW

Doesn't appear like you need an incentive!

jillygan wrote: »

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

MLW

Tongue-in-cheek : Make ALL pensioners do 30hrs a week free community or voluntary work until they reach the new retirement age that everyone else will have to work to.

Allergictobureaucracy

If we want to make sure that users of the NHS are those who are making/have made/are likely to make a financial contribution to its upkeep, let's use National Insurance numbers instead of NHS numbers (and save on cost of issuing citizens with two numbers). Either NI numbers could be allocated at birth, or children could be registered under a variation of a parent's number for NHS purposes.

Allergictobureaucracy

mac57 wrote: »

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

Agree with the above - we should also get builders to angle roofs on new buildings so that they are appropriate for solar installation. And, since most new houses have really small rooms, all builders should do what AA Massen (Norfolk) do and make a loft room standard on new homes. And new pensioners should be able to opt for a slightly lower pension, plus free solar panels.

Allergictobureaucracy

When a housing association house becomes vacant, housing officers should check whether there are reasonable ways of enabling it to provide shelter for more people - via loft conversion, addition of a conservatory etc. And large families should not automatically warrant two houses being knocked into one, thus depriving another family, unless the above options have already been exhausted.

Allergictobureaucracy

Most people are more aware of liver problems as a consequence of overuse of alcohol, than of alcohol related dementia, which results from thiamine deficiency. Rather than launch yet more health education leaflets, why not require any form of alcohol which retails at less than £5 per litre to have thiamine added to it?