My fiancée and I haven't been able to see each other in over a year due to COVID travel restrictions. I would like the government to allow people to give notice and marry/form a civil partnership over video conference so we are able to get a family visa and live together again.
The Government should seek to give people the option of extending an existing mortgage holiday from six to nine months due to the second lockdown which has stopped a lot of people from working again, with people laid off or losing their jobs.
No local authority should be able to increase Council Tax by more than 5% without a referendum. The Government should instead renegotiate its settlements with local authorities in England to find a way to resolve the exceptional financial difficulties that many councils find themselves in.
The Government responsed to this petition on 8th March 2023 (View Full Response)Prior to the Leasehold Reform Act, the freeholders could set ground rent at whatever amount they chose. New protections do not extend to existing property owners. Many current leaseholders have found they are unable to sell as mortgage firms and banks may not approve lending on such properties.
The Government responsed to this petition on 29th July 2022 (View Full Response)Suffering leaseholders have endured endless consultations & years of failed reforms. Government must fulfil the promises made in 2017 to legislate to:
1. BAN leasehold houses
2. Restrict all ground rents on new leases to ZERO
3. Enact ALL of the Law Commission proposals
Under the current scheme updated in Aug 2019 an End of service in Armed Forces, returning to civilian life, widow(er) Only receives 50 points. Make veterans a priority. If veterans are willing to put their lives on the line for this country, the least we can do is home them when their service ends
Review planning legislation to include facilities for HGV drivers.
- Final Signatures: 12,393
Review planning legislation to force councils to include adequate safe and secure HGV parking with refreshment and washing facilities for drivers when allowing large distribution parks to be built, based on percentage capacity, or when undertaking major road improvement or construction works.
The Government responsed to this petition on 17th November 2020 (View Full Response)During the coronavirus outbreak it is important that people have money for essentials such as utilities and food. The Government should require councils to suspend council tax payments, and directly fund local government operations, for the duration of the outbreak.
Scheduled Debate: This petition is scheduled to be debated on 17th September 2020
The Government responsed to this petition on 15th April 2020 (View Full Response)Save our Green and Pleasant Land and abandon the proposed Planning Reforms
- Final Signatures: 4,551
The government is consulting on a White Paper to change Planning Laws. It basically carves up the entirety of England into 3 zones. One will get automatic development rights. The second has presumption of development. Only the conservation and aonb areas etc will have methods of protection.
Allow Landlords to evict tenants where there are 14 days rent arrears
- Final Signatures: 12,565
You can't go into a supermarket and steal your weeks groceries. There are laws in place to protect shop keepers large and small. Not paying rent is also theft with the Landlord being the victim. In Australia, tenants can be evicted for being 14 days in arrears with rent. Lets have that system here.
The Government responsed to this petition on 10th December 2020 (View Full Response)