Set out a clear nationwide plan to reduce driving congestion and pollution, ensuring that vehicles less then 15 years old are not scrapped before their time due to driving usage charges.
A significant tax on new large vehicles (SUVs), we are fast replacing air pollution with noise pollution while people drive in unnecessarily large vehicles that are never taken out of cities.
Stop all new road projects that are being planned. We can already drive everywhere, we just have too many people wanting to. Pot holes and road surface/safety budgets are to be increased.
Set out a law against roadworks disruption. Miles of motorways conned off for years with reduced speed limits would be banned with significant penalties. 1 mile of motorway maintenance at a time, maximum.
Force all cities and large towns to link their areas with decent segregated cycle lanes that don't have worse priority then the roads they run parallel with. Create a network of inter town cycle lanes.
Make local buses free and have a service of at least every half an hour between 6am and 9pm.
Make train fares cheaper then the cost of driving a ICE car for the same route. All passengers will be the same fare regardless of time of day or when they booked their ticket. Oyster style payments everywhere (tap in/out by phone).
Place a significant tax on private jet usage.
Pensioners to pay NI. Yes part of it was intended for pensions, but so too for healthcare and they use the NHS more then someone working does.
Make a GP access phone app to enable people to check to see if minor issues might be something more serious and needing in person medical attention. The app should allow for limited prescribing of medicine for common ailments.
Remove PFI from hospitals. Ban the use of temporary buildings when they are planned to be used for more then 2 years. Public buildings should be built to last.
Place hospitals at the heart of local halthcare. They take the brunt of the problems when the community services don't pull their weight, so make them responsible for the end to end delivery. I.e. GPs are employed and run by the local hospital.
Set out a plan to enable the financing of net zero for existing housing stock without putting everyone into financial ruin. It can either be done or not. I don't like my councillor who has done it and parading to the world how easy it is, when the rest of the country is living pay cheque to pay cheque. Of course things are much easier when you're wealthy and have the space for a 20kw solar array.
Set out a plan to stop 99% of current waste water dumping into our river networks within the next 15 years.
Transition council tax to a tax based on the area of land your home occupies. Flats in high rise buildings take up less public land then detached houses so should pay significantly less tax. Place a significant tax on second homes that are not lived in permanently or rented permanently.
Scrap university charges. University attendance is based on merit and free for the attendee. To much wasted potential is lost to pointless degrees. Universities must create the business cases for their degrees to prove value to the tax payer.
Significantly boost up the number of places available for training doctors.
Create an apprenticeship scheme that will allow people to afford to switch careers to those that are of national interest. Nursing, paramedics, teaching. If you drop out/don't work for 10 years in that field then you must pay back this loan.
Scrap the TV licence and move the BBC to essential broadcasting programs only. I.e. News, educational documentaries and major sporting events of national interest. Their entertainment IP can be sold or licensed.
Ban advertising on children's TV. Including paid for product placements.
Build more prisons and serve much harsher sentences for those who commit crimes which are a drain on society. Theft, organised crime, serious assault, murder, drugs etc. Gangs are going round stealing cars and bikes to order, I would significantly invest in bringing these groups down and have them serve significant time to ensure they don't go out and repeat offend.
Smoking and vapes to only be sold by licence. Once current licences are issued no more will be and those holding a licence must go through a addiction reduction program.
Create water tight legislation around corruption in elections, for those in elected positions and second jobs when elected. Actually enforce said legislation with more then a slap on the wrist.
