Require UK-based manufacturers to run on a closed-loop water cycle
- Final Signatures: 63
UK based manufacturers must be made to run on closed-loop water cycles, that make them fully responsible for their water usage, impact on the environment, and removal of hazardous waste contaminants, and immensely reduce the UK’s fresh water requirements, from its ever depleting resources.
Regulate the courier service industry with penalties for undelivered parcels
- Final Signatures: 876
Regulate the industry so the courier companies are held to account for this high loss/damaged/theft of parcels we are seeing.
Change our time zone to Single/Double British Summertime (SDST)
- Final Signatures: 63
Around 1 in 3 people suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder in the UK; moving on to SDST could greatly combat this. Rather than wasting the precious hour of light in the morning, on a commute or in an office, we could utilise it in the evening, after work, for socialising and outdoor activities.
Introduce a new UK bank holiday to mark the day we went into lockdown
- Final Signatures: 78
24th March 2020 the UK went into lockdown due to Covid-19. I think this day should be remembered with a bank holiday.
Support Companies and Staff to work from Home with a Work From Home Grant
- Final Signatures: 22
Provide a grant to companies to help them correctly support home workers. Mental health, Physical health, Teambuilding and Support Structures have failed in most companies during this period and with everyone furloughing as many as possible there is no money and very little time to arrange this.
Require shops to have their lights switched off after closing
- Final Signatures: 63
Many establishments still have lights or screens switched on after closing every day. This wastes electricity and causes more fossil fuels to be burned, which contributes to global warming. If the government were to force shops to switch off electronics overnight, this could be prevented.
Stop the sale of fireworks to the general public.
- Final Signatures: 4,073
Fireworks cause great anxiety to very many people and animals. Allow only specialist stockist to sell fireworks to a licensed organised firework event.
Regulate the courier service industry with penalties for undelivered parcels
- Final Signatures: 36
If a courier company in the UK fails to deliver goods to a location it often sends back these goods to the vendor with zero repercussions.
Ban the online sale of police uniform and equipment to non-police
- Final Signatures: 41
The Government should introduce legislation to ban the sale of official and replica police uniform and equipment online to anyone other than trained police officers and staff.
Printing the vehicle registration on takeaway packaging will allow local authorities to identify the vehicle used when litter was dropped and will allow fines to be sent to the registered keeper. This should reduce litter abandoned at the roadside.