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People got married for life, had children...

People got married for life, had children and looked after them. Didn't take mind altering drugs like alcohol and cigarettes, then they would have money, improving their lot and that of their children. Everyone...

Read more (written 23rd Aug). No responses yet.

student finance wales - based in scotland...

student finance wales - based in scotland, no enquiries telphone number and no website access for disabled student to register........... have had to go through the MP to get a form for finance! what a waste of ...

Read more (written 24th Aug). No responses yet.

Joined up Standards

Central government once and for all began to work joined up. I work in housing and you could say we are a dog with many tails all of which wag us. We are regulated and inspected by many different channels. i...

Read more (written 24th Aug). No responses yet.

I am in the process of fighting to get...

I am in the process of fighting to get my elder sons Mobility raised back up to high rate.

One random GP who never even met him decided he didn't need it despite me sending in 6 letters of support from...

Read more (written 3rd Sep). 1 response

When starting the process of establishing...

When starting the process of establishing a small business, entrepeneurs were helped by Councils offering an "SME starter pack" which would include all the key information and approvals that a person planning...

Read more (written 14th Sep). No responses yet.

Public Inquiries

There seems to be a knee jerk reaction out there if any thing goes wrong of "lets have a public inquiry" - the problem is they cost a fortune and it is OUR money, taxes are being spent on this and not ...

Read more (written 16th Sep). No responses yet.

Dealing with crime

In crimes not involving injury to persons, the punishment actually involved improving the local comunity in which the criminal lived or the crime was committed.

That way rather that society being 'punished...

Read more (written 16th Sep). 1 response

government procurement processes were...

government procurement processes were simpler, quicker and more efficient?

Read more (written 27th Sep). 1 response

Government rewarded people who put good...

Government rewarded people who put good ideas in here (it creates even more good ideas in the long run and funds innovative people) http://www.Triadmark.org

Read more (written 7th Oct). No responses yet.

Include the original idea all the way through a process.

Ideas such as this one...

http://publicexperience.com/comments/275 "I worked as head of a 'one stop shop' for a council for 2 months. The idea was to provide customer focused care at the front...

Read more (written 8th Oct). No responses yet.

Job centre recomendations of other recruitement agencies

A job centre was not allowed to give out the information on companies that were listing vacancies in case it biased the marketplace, giving undue focus to a few companies. Wouldn't it be better if they had a...

Read more (written 21st Oct). No responses yet.

Why doesn't government just fund...

Why doesn't government just fund strategies as clearly so many Ministries and agencies work together on many policies, so fund strategies and not Ministries through a dynamic "pay as you go" resource...

Read more (written 23rd Oct). No responses yet.

I have a Tier 1 (general) migrant dependant...

I have a Tier 1 (general) migrant dependant's visa. The visa reads "no recourse to public funds." When I went to register for a GP, the surgery told me they could not accept anyone with that restriction...

Read more (written 26th Oct). 1 response

Wouldnt it be better if councils encouraged...

Wouldnt it be better if councils encouraged us to bring extra old plastic bags to the supermarket and gave them to people behind us in the queue who havent brought any along. That should help the landfill and waste...

Read more (written 11th Nov). No responses yet.

Enhancing Innovation in the Public Sector

Public sector advertised jobs always state a mandatory requirement for previous experience within their sector e.g. NHS, Local Government etc.

This policy prohibits anyone with the right qualifications applying...

Read more (written 18th Nov). No responses yet.

Public services spent just a little ...

Public services spent just a little less money on paying big consultancies to come in and 'do' change to their organisations and spent a bit more time developing the leadership, staff, suggestion schemes...

Read more (written 24th Nov). No responses yet.

Government Breaking Up Families

I am a british citizen and my wife is Polish. We have been married just over 2 years but we have been together for 5. My wife came to the UK in April 2004 and we met and moved in together in September 2004. My step...

Read more (written 28th Nov). 1 response

One page certificate for lasting power of attorney

I have a lasting power of attorney to act on behalf of my father. However in order to use it I have to send this 50 page document to each financial institution, meaning registered letters, time and expense. I believe...

Read more (written 29th Nov). No responses yet.

I came off my bicycle at night on a ...

I came off my bicycle at night on a Surrey country road I thought I knew well. Turns out there was a long ridge where a pipe repair had setted below the road surface.

Anyway, I thought I'd report it so...

Read more (written 6th Dec). No responses yet.

I'm very interested in helping the...

I'm very interested in helping the police give a better service, tailor-made to the needs of their community. I'm also very keen on exploring ways in which the police can work with their local community ...

Read more (written 7th Dec). No responses yet.

Can I work with you on any of these ...

Can I work with you on any of these points? http://whymandesign.posterous.com/

http://twitter.com/whymandesign Maybe with innovate.direct.gov.uk/

Read more (written 28th Dec). No responses yet.

Inability to deal with snow.

Inability to deal with snow.

That's a week now that not one two-wheel drive car has made it down our rural lane. The station is about an hour's walk away. Wouldnt it be better if the parish had...

Read more (written 10th Jan). No responses yet.

The simplest of things.....the difficulty...

The simplest of things.....the difficulty with snow.

I had always found snow difficult, treacherous for driving, quite threatening if alone. And then I married a man who had lived for eighteen years in the...

Read more (written 20th Jan). No responses yet.

Registering for Self Assessment

Right. Attempting to register for self assesment. Had to get my reference in the post. It's arrived. Have opened the window.

Clicked through some forms. Put my (valid) email address. Rejected. Now using...

Read more (written 25th Jan). No responses yet.

FREEPOST

wouldn't it be good if, when travelling with little or no luggage, you could pick up a package at the your station and deliver it to a waiting office or person at your destination.

We did something similar...

Read more (written 28th Jan). No responses yet.

Help people choose to quit smoking

All shops who sold tobacco and cigarettes had to sell nicotine replacement patches and gum etc.

Read more (written 28th Jan). No responses yet.

Public Sector software/system purchased...

Public Sector software/system purchased were compelled to provide open, documented and maintained standard interfaces (APIs).

A system which uses addresses, for example, should come with a "connector&...

Read more (written 1st Mar). No responses yet.

There was an easy way for a public service...

There was an easy way for a public service provider, say a local authority , to share personal data within its many silos, in order to give a joined up service around citizens needs? Perhaps a system where the citizen...

Read more (written 13th Apr). No responses yet.

I know of many elderly people who are...

I know of many elderly people who are left on their own. Schemes to help the elderly with their living costs are expensive. In the not too distant past it was commonplace for people to have a granddad or grand ...

Read more (written 5th Aug). No responses yet.

I worked on ContactPoint deployment ...

I worked on ContactPoint deployment for over 12 months, trained over 1,000 front line professionals on Common Assessment etc etc.

Working with these dedicated professionals provided a valuable insight into...

Read more (written 6th Aug). No responses yet.