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OpenPolitics: Housing
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/housing.html
New Flats in Stowmarket" by Andrew Hill. Residential properties that have been empty for more than 12 months will automatically attract a 100% increase in council tax. A landlord of a property that has been unoccupied for 12 months or more can, once the property has been occupied for 12 months or more, claim a 6 month rebate on the council tax paid before the property was occupied. Fairness in tenancy agreements. The effect of the rental sector on house prices. Agency fees, their necessity and fairness.
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OpenPolitics: Poverty
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/poverty.html
Woodcock St food bins" by Birmingham News Room. Low Pay and Job Security. The Burden of Childcare. We believe that until poverty is adequately addressed, inequality will continue to increase throughout the United Kingdom. Successive governments have failed to address the causes and some policies have served only to exacerbate the problem. Low Pay and Job Security. To give the public greater financial security we will;. Make the minimum wage a living wage. The Burden of Childcare. We propose increasing th...
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OpenPolitics: Education
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/education.html
JJ's Beautiful Mess" by D Sharon Pruitt. We believe that education is the keystone that makes all other longer-term strategic policies possible: improving industry and employment; the arts; scientific discovery and research; improving the overall health and well-being of society; and reducing crime. It is the policy area that can justify significant investment in recognition of the dividend that all other areas of public spending will receive 10-15 years hence. Funding to the Open University, and other d...
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OpenPolitics: Local Government
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/local_government.html
Surrey County Council chamber" by Surrey County Council News. Publish full minutes (or transcripts if available), audio recordings, and voting records from all local council meetings. Online publication should be performed within 24 hours. Software tools will be created to make this process simple. Inline with Transparency International’s recommendations in their report Corruption in Local Government: The Mounting Risks. We will introduce the following policies:. We will maintain legal protections for ke...
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OpenPolitics: Communications
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/communications.html
Tangled Network" by Bruno Girin. We believe that individual privacy and government transparency are the cornerstones of Freedom and Liberty. This is why we oppose communication surveillance and government censorship and support internet freedom and net neutrality. We believe in a free and open Internet, and back the principles of Internet governance espoused by the Declaration of Internet Freedom. Aspects of these principles are also expanded upon below. We will oppose any further efforts to introduce bl...
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OpenPolitics: Military
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/military.html
Royal Navy Merlin" by jlcwalker. Role of UK Armed Forces. Private Military and Security Companies. In declaring itself a nuclear arms free zone including its waters. Role of UK Armed Forces. UK Armed Forces should only be deployed within the context of the international organisations to which the UK belongs (such as the UN, EU and NATO) and with the overall aim of either reducing the likelihood of war or other armed conflict or protecting non-combatants (see Foreign Policy. And the International Code of ...
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OpenPolitics: Energy
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/energy.html
Green Power" by Martin Abegglen. Green Power for the Public Sector. The UK must move to a sustainable and diversified energy future, while safeguarding supply and decreasing dependency on sources of energy in the more volatile areas of the world. Green Power for the Public Sector. In order to stimulate the renewable power sector, all public sector organisations and National Infrastructure Organisations. A longer term fixed rate buy back will also allow more people to get finance for installations on or n...
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OpenPolitics: Foreign Policy
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/foreign_policy.html
Flags" by Raja Habib. Use our financial status for ethical ends. British Indian Ocean Territory. Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. PKK and Turkey Peace Process. We believe that a clear view of the role that the UN, EU, NATO and other international bodies play in reducing the likelihood of war should be clearly and unambiguously communicated to the electorate. We will maintain the UK’s commitment to the UN Millennium Project agreement. We will remain a part of the EU, and we will campaign for:.
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OpenPolitics: Health
http://openpolitics.org.uk/manifesto/health.html
North West Ambulance Service, DK58 LKZ" by Ray Forster. The Right to Health. Protect the National Health Service. Minimum Unit Price for Alcohol. Focus on mental health in young people. The Right to Health. Introduce a right to health , which makes access to healthcare a basic right for any resident of the UK. The Government will have a duty to ensure that every resident has access to quality healthcare, independent of their financial circumstances. Protect the National Health Service. A maternity packag...
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OpenPolitics
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An open source plan for the UK. Take control, and create the future you want. Help write the Manifesto. What if politicians innovated the open source way? This is a project to create a new kind of politics. We’re starting by writing a manifesto, but we want everyone to build it. Click the button above to start reading, and click Edit at the top right to add your own ideas. Everyone has ideas about the future - why not add yours? Perhaps you can see something on here you disagree with? We believe that a b...
