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What's the one single thing a government could do to make your life better?

309 replies

verdantverdure · 29/05/2023 15:14

Mine?

Rejoin the EU.

It the single most powerful lever any government could employ.

It makes the country significantly better off at a stroke and improves all kinds of situations, growth, investment, labour shortages, farming, fishing...

What's yours?

OP posts:
CostOfSieving · 29/05/2023 15:17

Set up a nationwide network of pothole fillers. They have to fix them in 7 days.

megletthesecond · 29/05/2023 15:18

Fund CAMHS.

LittleBlueBrioTrain · 29/05/2023 15:18

Adequate SEND education

User18538754 · 29/05/2023 15:18

Another who says Fill the potholes

StrawberryWater · 29/05/2023 15:19

Me personally? They could try paying my husband properly for the job he does. He works for the crown and his pay sucks.

In general? Make big businesses pay proper taxes.

WateryDoom · 29/05/2023 15:19

Reduce the ridiculous teaching workload and/or pay me properly for the hours I do. Instead of pretending that we actually do 32.5 hours a week - which is what my payslip says.

StrawberryWater · 29/05/2023 15:20

Oh and proper mental health provision would be nice for everyone who needs to access it. It shouldn’t be so hard.

2chocolateoranges · 29/05/2023 15:21

Get a grip on power companies to reduce the rate of electricity and gas.

when we first moved into our home 21 years ago our electricity was £32 now we are nearly £300 a month!

Whatthediddlyfeck · 29/05/2023 15:22

Cancel the SNP and Scottish parliament

ThreeB · 29/05/2023 15:23

Renationalise the critical services of water, power and rail travel

NuffSaidSam · 29/05/2023 15:23

Do something to bring the cost of housing in London down/in line with the rest of the country. Or introduce a scheme where local people can buy property at a reduced rate which would also help people in other areas impacted by second homes/air BnB etc.

pikkumyy77 · 29/05/2023 15:24

Universal Health care with parity for mental health.

Azealeasinbloom · 29/05/2023 15:25

Whatthediddlyfeck · 29/05/2023 15:22

Cancel the SNP and Scottish parliament

Oh yes - This

ANutAsBigAsABoulder · 29/05/2023 15:28

Provide proper support for SEND education and respite care for families, not make everything a constant struggle to get any crumb of help.

newnamethanks · 29/05/2023 15:29

Resign en masse.

Onceuponatime56 · 29/05/2023 15:37

Fund childcare adequately so you actually get the hours they propose

Flora56 · 29/05/2023 15:38

Wealth tax.

gogohmm · 29/05/2023 15:39

Rejoin eu, causing so many problems for us, work and personally

Liebig · 29/05/2023 15:39

Walk into the Thames and never walk out again. We'll take it from here.

SouthCountryGirl · 29/05/2023 15:41

Better support services for disabled adults. And reform disability benefits.

WaitingfortheTardis · 29/05/2023 15:42

Go away. Failing that, I'll go for rejoining the EU.

Gtsr443 · 29/05/2023 15:43

NHS dentists. Thousands of them all over the country.

70sTomboy · 29/05/2023 15:43

Fund social housing builds projects like the 1950s . Prioritise over private housing overpriced, undersized anyway

TheOGCCL · 29/05/2023 15:44

Fund the NHS properly

ToK1 · 29/05/2023 15:44

I cant pick 1

Tax the rich/big business correctly and tackle wealth inequality

Fix the nhs, including proper funding for social care

Rejoin the EU