There are lots of elderly people who need Post office services, its an important service for all

None of these actions would require significant investment, in fact these are very simple and cost effective steps for the University to undertake. They would however deliver a big return in value. The University's now defunct Sustainability Strategy states: "Even in this urban setting we can make a real difference in terms of biodiversity. And this can also reap benefits – improved health and wellbeing, education, volunteering opportunities, a reduction in flooding and an enhanced image can all be realised through a thriving natural environment". A positive change for wildlife will make the campus a beautiful and inspiring place to work and study. Doing more for nature on campus would be a win-win scenario for wildlife, staff and students. We call on the Vice Chancellor, Simone Buitendijk, and the University of Leeds to take action now. The world is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. 70 of our British bird species are red listed. Numbers of pollinators and other flying invertebrates are crashing. The University of Leeds' own research has documented this and raised the alarm. Yet despite having a biodiversity plan, the main University campus remains a hostile environment for wildlife. The University's token efforts to support biodiversity are well meaning but effectively amount to little more than institutional green washing. Here are 4 concrete examples of the University's failure to take biodiversity seriously: Wild Peregrine Falcons have been present since 2015 and have nested successfully several times on the Parkinson Tower. Yet anti-pigeon netting was only partially removed when a social media storm about Falcons trapped under the netting forced the University to take action. The Peregrine Falcon is a Schedule 1 species, meaning it has the highest degree of protection in law. 3 dead Peregrine Falcons were found under the nets. A remaining piece of netting has not been removed despite promises made in June. An Ecology student studying at the University of Leeds found possible Pyramidal Orchids growing on a small area of grass on campus. He notified Estates and the Sustainability Department. Despite this, the Orchids were strimmed. In Spring 2021 the University gardeners were seen cutting down all the bushes and scrub in St George's Fields on campus. The University's Biodiversity Action Plan congratulates itself (100% score) for "planting of native tree and shrub species" and "improve the biodiversity value of hedgerows on campus" yet existing scrub has regularly been removed - even in the nesting season. The Roger Stevens pond was "rewilded" in a fantastic effort to turn this concrete pond into a place for wildlife. But a member of the Estates team has been regularly adding non-native fish - a guaranteed way of removing natural invertebrates and destroying the wildlife. The dragonflies touted in a message from the University on social media, are rarely present. The University Biodiversity Action Plan reveals a score of 0% for "Protect areas important to local or campus biodiversity". In a single statement this reveals that the University is almost completely failing in its commitment to nature. The Sustainability Department have an array of green initiatives but without serious support from the rest of the University, their well intentioned efforts amount to little more than institutional green washing. It is unacceptable for the University to use these token steps for wildlife as a box ticking exercise to avoid taking genuine action.

Right now MPs who are under investigation for sexual assault or misconduct are not required to be banned from Parliament - instead they can only be asked not to attend. Earlier this year, an MP who was arrested on suspicion of rape was just simply asked to “please stay away”. And reports suggest more than 50 MPs are being investigated for sexual misconduct. But a group of influential MPs recently met to discuss the possibility of MPs being banned from Parliament if they are accused of sexual assault. It could be unpopular with some in Westminster so it's up to us, the public, to convince them to do the right thing.

The Brixham Chamber of Trade, is reported to have concerns including (but not exclusively) the following: "The closure of this road for even one week would be extremely difficult for our town. The route down towards Goodrington will be gridlocked for much of the day. Emergency services will struggle to get through. Tourists will turn around and abandon their plans to visit Brixham or Dartmouth. “Children will be unable to get to school. Nurses will be unable to get between home and Torbay hospital. Staff will be unable to commute into our members’ businesses" [Devon Live online 14 November 2022]

The nearly £25 million of Towns Fund which has been allocated to Long Eaton represents significant change for Long Eaton. Please sign this petition and make sure local people have an informed say about these changes.

Like many people living in London, I've had to change my plans and delay life decisions in response to the obscene prices in the capital’s rental market. I’m so outraged by how much letting agents are charging, one of my tweets about it became a story in the Times. [1] But for one chain of estate agents, apparently even excessive rents are not enough. After looking at some of Foxtons’ adverts, I noticed that just to rub salt in the wound, they are also charging some tenants fees of £250 per person that were supposed to have been banned three years ago. [2] In 2019 the Tenant Fees Act banned landlords and letting agents from charging almost all fees to private renters. The only permitted payments are rent, refundable deposits and fees incurred due to the tenant’s actions, such as losing keys, paying rent late, or ending the tenancy early. Foxtons claims that it charges the £250 fee when the tenancy is a “short let”. [3] On 14 November, Foxtons was advertising 614 of these in London. However, unless short lets are specifically for holidays, they are classed as assured shorthold tenancies in the Housing Act 1988 (Schedule 1, section 9) and are therefore subject to the letting fees ban. [4] Foxtons describes short lets on its website as "from a few weeks to a few months". [5] By claiming they are not assured shorthold tenancies, the company is abusing the Tenant Fees Act – legislation renters fought hard to secure. Foxtons are profiteering from these illegal fees. And by keeping homes in the short term market and out of the longer term market, there are fewer homes for the people who need them most, and higher rents on the homes that do become available. Foxtons needs to stop ripping off renters and be clear that these illegal fees are unacceptable and will not be charged. [1] https://twitter.com/feedthedrummer/status/1587785056545918977 [2] https://www.foxtons.co.uk/let/fees_and_terms [3] https://twitter.com/foxtons/status/1585569745750970369 [4] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/schedule/1 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/922896/Tenancy_Fees_Act_-_Statutory_guidance_for_enforcement_authorities.pdf [5] https://www.foxtons.co.uk/landlord/short-lets

National Energy Action (NEA) NI research is showing that 80% of households here have already cut down on their central heating, and most worryingly more than 1 in 10 households have had to forego meals to meet the rising energy costs. NI householders have received significantly less help in the energy crisis than those in England Scotland and Wales. They did not benefit from the £150 council tax rebate and nor do they benefit from Household Support Fund. Furthermore, NI homes are not part of the Warm Homes discount scheme meaning vulnerable households miss out on an additional £150 every winter. There is a clear need to ensure the £400 per household support reaches people in Northern Ireland ahead of this winter, to protect vulnerable households form the worst impacts of living in a cold home, including needless deaths and morbidity along with increased pressure on our healthcare services in the months ahead. We ask that you approach this issue with the urgency it requires and commit to ensuring the emergency payments are allocated to households as soon as possible.

The lack of free parking is killing our High Street (Kirkcaldy), the cost of living and changes in spending is hitting our high street businesses hard. Introducing FREE parking will encourage public onto the High Street more. The cost of living is hard, we don't need the added expense of parking our car ontop of our shopping. Our High Street is suffering, hundreds / thousands of people are employed to work on the high street in various cafes, shops, salons and more, without sales and footfall the businesses will struggle. Costs are rising for businesses and lack of footfall is hitting them hard, to save jobs and save our High Street change needs to happen.

Anyone who believes (or at least hopes) that our elected representatives adhere to a high standard of conduct cannot condone Williamson's alleged appalling behaviour.

Everyone deserves to be able to use a regular reliable bus service for a whole range of reasons whether its supporting people who can’t drive to get around independently, to help people commute to work, school, university or college, as well as supporting the need to reduce carbon emissions. Recent decisions by Arriva buses to cut down the routes through Allerton Bywater and Kippax have made many resident's journeys to work, study and health services more difficult and we call on Arriva Buses to put back the routes they have cut on the October 3rd changes. Please sign and share our petition.

Everyone deserves to be able to use a regular reliable bus service for a whole range of reasons whether it's supporting people who can’t drive to get around independently, to help people commute to work, school, university or college, as well as supporting the need to reduce carbon emissions. Recent decisions by Arriva buses to cut down the areas of Methley that they regularly serve has impacted hundreds of residents and we call on Arriva Buses to put back the routes they have cut on the October 3rd changes. Please sign and share our petition.

This has always been an issue. Current rising costs in every other area of life leaves little or no room for personal health care costs. If you cannot afford to buy the more effective and secure incontinence wear available you will have to fall back on the NHS free product selection. Pads that require a net to hold them in place and which do not secure leak prevention, and cotton pull-ups, of which you get four, and that don't hold as much as the insecure pads. These pull up pants will leak without warning. Would you want to be thinking, all day every day, that you maybe about to soak leg wear/trousers and become the source of everyone's embarrassment. Its horrendous. You really don't want to be that person. However I am that person. I have soiled my bed so many times. I have been 'caught out' when a larger urinary discharge overflows from pad to clothes. Once you have 'wet' yourself it soon becomes obvious to all around you, the smell, the look, the wet foot prints that follow you to a safer dark corner. And, you still have to get home! There are far better products out there, but currently they have to be purchased. They are not cheap but, here's the rub, they are manufactured to work efficiently at retention and leak prevention, in other words THEY WORK. Help me, and every one like me, whether they be older or younger than 60, regain some dignity, reduce daily anxiety and improve immeasurably the quality and value of life.