On 12 September 2022 I'm setting off on a five day walk from North Hertfordshire to 10 Downing Street to deliver a simple message to the new Prime Minister: Stop talking…and listen to us!
We all deserve to have our voices heard by the politicians that are supposed to represent us. The next months and years seem really scary for most of us, and it’s difficult to see how future generations could possibly achieve a good life for themselves. Something desperately needs to change. Unfortunately, those in power in the UK are distracted and not actually listening to us…read more
Everything is collapsing and we are not learning any lessons.
In 2020, Rishi Sunak as Chancellor announced 50 schools to be refurbished or rebuilt each year. That will take 440 years to refurbish all UK’s 22,000 schools at this rate. Again on schools, so far 104 schools closed due to presence of crumbling concrete and faulty building regulations. Bizarrely, recently Michael Gove, the Secretary of housing and communities, announced plan to dilute building regulations.
Meanwhile, sewage issues has been pushed under the carpet. More than 100 new homes are now discharging into an already overstretched system. The Victorian sewage system is managed by the Severn Trent Water, has been unable to cope. Although local people have written to Severn Trent CEO about the appalling issue, but have been told by the water company rep that improvements will be made within a 20 year time frame. The Severn Trent Water CEO is the highest paid water chief earning more than £3.2m in 2022/23. The government must start focussing on improving public services.
Young people in the South-East who aspire to get on to the property ladder could really do with more Government support than they currently receive. Unless you are on an unusually high salary, the current market regularly forces individuals to either relocate far from friends/family, far from jobs, or turn to family for financial support.
I was fortunate enough to receive support from family and buy my first property in my mid-20's, but I don't know anyone my age in the same position (or even anywhere close to it). Many friends I've spoken to are deeply depressed by their situation, and feel they cannot properly plan their future until their living situation becomes more stable.