LabourList ideas roundup: CONTINUED!
Posted On Wednesday, 5 August 2009 at at 20:02:00 by Nicolas RedfernThis time they've all been submitted by twitter, and there aren't any completely awful suggestions! (well apart from the blanket nationalisation ones, and I just ignore them!)
Remove charitable status from Private Schools. (I would go further and levy a tax on private education)@KeirCoz
Ban private education!@forwardadam
A transport system for the rest of the country like London's. (A national Oyster card would be amazing!)@conn1231
Hold all elections on the same day: local, national and european. Improves turnout & removes using vote as protest against incumbent.&
Abolish Sunday trading law: allow shops to open for any length of time on a Sunday. Would provide an economic boost.@Nick_Red
Scrap the different rates of NMW and benefits according to age. Being under 25 is no less expensive than being 25+.&
Schools should teach how to budget, how to run a bank account, which bills you should pay first, what credit is... (I would add teach a bit of economics, especially Keynesian macro-economics)&
National standards and enforcement agency for private landlords.@gracefh