What would you like to see done in the UK right now?

Cambia

I would like instant six month bans for anyone caught using their phone whilst driving. More of a deterrent than points.

Six months (at least) boot camp in the army for young people carrying a knife. Hopefully this would remove them from their surroundings, save prison spaces where they will only be more badly influenced and give them badly needed male mentors.

Can think of lots more things but probably against everyone’s human rights…..

Agree.

Prioritise knife crime solutions.
Less Public Enquiries.
Prioritise early years education.
Training subsidies for SMEs for upskilling of existing staff of all ages
More listening to end-users (public or non-IT professionals) when designing IT systems.
Process asylum seekers and illegal immigrants much more quickly & propaganda in the countries where most economic migrants come from so families know the risks of the journey & that streets of UK aren't paved with gold, & people trafficking risks.
Everyone stop self-diagnosing their own & everyone else's mental health "conditions"
Quicker help for families/ young people with severe / profound MH challenges
Make financial safeguarding for families with severely disabled children / children with cancer a statutory & easily accessed right, not a lottery or charity concern.

Once there are people collecting up the rubbish mainly drinks cans and plastic
bottles jobs then to create benches out of recycled plastic the tin cans made into bins to collect the tin cans Bins made attractive to children to use Disney ones whatever talking bins People employed creating more and more Bin recycling shops attached to recycling centres selling or renting out bikes wheelchairs and re usable toys

MissAdventure

Well, it's a pity.
Single parent, cancer, new baby and 4 year old in temporary accommodation.
Don't suppose it occurred to the midwife some help or support might have been needed.

Thats something I'd like to see - a joined up support system where multi agencies work together to help people when needed.

I’m sorry MissA, that must have been so isolating for all of you x

I'd like to see parents taking responsibility for their children. Many of the problems start with parents who don't care, in turn the children feel unloved and that's when the problems begin.
It would be nice if people took responsibility for their own behaviour in all respects, including those who have no intention of working when they are fully capable of doing so because they think the world owes them a living.

I'd like to see people employed to clear rubbish the rubbish in Merseyside parks

La Crepescule, well said.Hear,hear !

Stop making sharp pointed knives. Rounded knives can still harm but less likely to kill.

Less funding for the police. As they spend a great deal of time and resources on idiocies like hate 'crimes' that are not crimes instead of actual offences against citizens and property those elected to act on behalf of taxpayers might as well reduce funding. Dump the costly but useless Equality and Diversity 'initiatives' that now bedevil many of our institutions.

Free childcare for single mum n dads, particularly during school holidays. More litter bins, dog poo bins on street. Free bulk furniture collections. More medical hubs for walking in care. Protection for deaf people and proper provision of BSL Interpreters when needed. Subtitles for every tv channell for deaf users. A liveable wage. A liveable amount of social security benefits. A lower mortgage rate.....the list go's on.

Overhaul the sacred cow that’s the NHS - we need a new healthcare model such as the one in Germany.
Look at how the German model is funded.

Galaxy

Look at how family structure impacts the behaviour of young men in particular.

Agree.with this ...

Babs03

Free nursery places and after school clubs, not just for those on benefits but for the just managing as well. We have a ready and willing workforce stuck at home unable to work to keep their heads above water.
And more flexible working arrangements for that workforce so that the maximum can be achieved with both employer and employee seeing the rewards.
Half our population are women. Many with children. They want to work, we need them to work in order to boost the economy, is not hard to join the dots here.

You're so right!

knife crime where i live is a problem and it is directly linked to county lines, there simply isn't enough education about how easy it is to get involved and how to get out of it in the very early stages. As a mum of a boy still at school i find it absolutely terrifying and things have happened in our local community that are far too close to home.

Where do I start…
Beg the European Union to have us back 😢
Overhaul the sacred cow that’s the NHS - we need a new healthcare model such as the one in Germany.
Overhaul the benefits system - there are too many people reliant on the state who should be encouraged to work.
Immigration - we’re a small island with too many people. Alongside that, a significant minority of immigrants need to be encouraged to embrace the culture of the host nation or at least accept it.
More support for teachers - our education system is another thing that’s a shambles.
Sort out the rail network so that trains are seen as a viable mode of transport.
And, last but not least, acknowledge that there are two sexes only and accept that the trans lobby is affecting women’s rights.
Forgive me if I sound like a right-wing nutter (the last thing I see myself as) but the country’s in a mess. I know none of these things is likely to happen and that’s why I have to switch off from politics.
Rant over.

Lots of great ideas here but we need a magic wand to fund it all. The financial cut backs on public services are continuing. They have been under staffed & under funded for years, and often blamed for not doing this or that. It’s easy for new political parties to point out all the errors and make wonderful promises, but will they find the money needed to fulfil it all?
Banning smart phones for children is a simple idea which could do with government support. My DIL is trying to get an agreement on this with the local primary schools in her area. One person on here mentioned something about Australia banning them for under 16’s. An ordinary old mobile phone would still allow parents to communicate with their kids. Children don’t need smart phones and are vulnerable to abuse or bullying. Something seen cannot be unseen.

I would like public services that work. I would like children to be allowed to be children. I would like redistribution of wealth and mostly I would like life to go back to how I remember it. Gentler, slower, more predicatable and kinder.

Ime everyone tends to think their own political ideas are "sensible".

Now, its sensible to avoid burning yourself and its sensible to wear warm clothes in winter,

but in terms of what we think is good for society its an opinion.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Thank you Ramblingrose22 (yes I was indeed Urmstongran 😁).

ID cards was one of my wishes. Nothing to do with tackling knife crime of course. Completely separate issue.

So many sensible grans on here. We ought to form a political group for the next GE! We’d smash it. We could call ourselves the Common Sense Party.

Since you have let us know you support the Reform Party and its one of their key and well known "slogans" as all can see, isn't it a wee bit disingenuous here to suggest "inventing" a new Party?

Fair enough! 😁

I agree with you again FGT2.
We'd do a better job than most politicians, but that includes DT for me, so we'd part company there.

Thank you Ramblingrose22 (yes I was indeed Urmstongran 😁).

ID cards was one of my wishes. Nothing to do with tackling knife crime of course. Completely separate issue.

So many sensible grans on here. We ought to form a political group for the next GE! We’d smash it. We could call ourselves the Common Sense Party.

A new style of government which doesn't "encourage" MPs to stick to the Party lines at the expense of decency and common sense. Well, I can dream....

I would like instant six month bans for anyone caught using their phone whilst driving. More of a deterrent than points.

Six months (at least) boot camp in the army for young people carrying a knife. Hopefully this would remove them from their surroundings, save prison spaces where they will only be more badly influenced and give them badly needed male mentors.

Can think of lots more things but probably against everyone’s human rights…..

Good thread. And the 1st time I think I have ever agreed with FriedGreenTomatoes2 (previously *Urmstongran, I think), re ID cards anyway. Let's find out who's really here and whether they have the right to be here.