What's your one magic thing to fix the country?

[Reluctantadult]

If you could do something to sort out the country / world, what would it be? Your one magic wish. You can have more than one of you want, I'm not adverse to a green point plan!

OK, I get you now. Genie wishes are easy. But I'm going to have to give a bit more thought to costed ones.
However I do actually feel quite confident that I could rule the world, 😉😂, as I tell family and friends frequently, so I'm sure I can do this.

You can’t have social housing unless you’ve lived in the UK for at least 5 years. Would save billions and solve so many problems.

I agree. Really really good public transport would make a huge difference. It would also free up road space so there could be more cycle paths (also great for health benefits) and huge amounts of car parks could be converted to something else.

I'd love to see them combine public transport with self-driving technology, like self-driving trains. That could be made really efficient in terms of the number of people moved around.

Investment into renewable energy, which is produced and used solely in the uk (not exported).

Rent Control
Proportional Representation

Bloody Revolution?

As ruler of the world, I can do this...after I've walked the dog. Because he's the boss of everything! I shall come up with my manifesto and will return.
Spoiler alert...there will be no free houses!

We have PR in Scotland - it doesn't work. We need politicians who represent their constituents not slavishly following party dogma to ensure they stay on the list.

Education. And that would include the abolition of public and private schools.

No it wouldn't and no it wouldn't.

Signed

Someone who has worked in housing for decades.

I agree!

Cap class sizes at 20

Agreed!

Up to 40hrs per week free childcare, all year round for all up to a certain income, subsidised for higher earners up to £100k.

It will never happen but it would enable so many more people to work and for women to succeed in particular. So many families struggle with high childcare and the most deprived children benefit from good quality care (and food and education).

The benefit for society overall would be a reduction in benefits needed especially to single parents and low earners.

Politicians who had actually done the job for the department they work for, for example;

Health secretary- previously worked as a Doctor/Nurse/HCA or Education secretary- previously worked as a teacher/TA

All done the grafting jobs for 20 odd years before moving to government. And whilst they would bring the grassroots knowledge they'd have a support network of senior civil servants to plug the political gaps.

Enable sensible, normal people to be be electable (no party system). So many suggestions on this thread are spot on. Each gov position is elected, finances and real skill level of candidates are open. Ban on manipulative media.

A massive household energy efficiency programme that's treated like other infrastructure programmes. Insulation, double and triple glazing, heating upgrades.

We are shelling out vast sums of money on upgrading/reopening gas storage, building new power infrastructure when the best thing we could do is improve our ridiculously leaky housing stock and ^not need as much electricity and gas in the first place.'

People would save money on their bills - lower usage plus lower network and generation costs. We'd save money in the health service because fewer people would suffer cold-related illness. Life would be a lot better.

Eradicate anti social behaviour

Nothing gives more peace than a safe secure home and environment

Subsidised childcare for every child, from birth.

Would enable women no end

Mine would be secure affordable housing system. So much of our lives seem to be scrabbling to pay for the right to occupy a bit space for a shelter on the planet we were born on. Like the only way i can not occupy some space is to decompose!

My second bigger thing would be renewable energy and carbon capture world wide.

Yes this.
If only we could move on from the divisions and old grudges. Start afresh with new ideas, nothing off the table.
Politicians who are experts in their field. Pay them a lot but no second jobs allowed. No-one who has been in politics before allowed in government.

There's so much, but for a start I'd severely cut taxes. Income and VAT would go down, employer's NI, stamp duty and inheritance would be binned.

Of course it is not confiscated. It is just taxed more. That changes behaviour.

bullshithunter the pp said second homes should be banned.
Would that mean that there would be no such thing as holiday homes for rent or air bnb? Maybe there should be some but not enough so that villages in pretty or coastal areas become ghost towns out of season.

This is mine too. Eradicate the "affordability test" (sorry not sure of the technical name) on the grounds that mothers don't get to decide if continuing to feed and clothe their child is affordable or not. Charge them 50% and if they won't pay when they could in theory, send them to prison.

Fix the NHS.