[Halcyon]

So, Labour have just got in and it is time for a shake up!
But what would YOU do if you were elected Prime minister?
Many moons ago I asked this same question on these forums with some interesting replies.

What would you do today in 2024?

Here are my rules if I was PM:

1. Re-nationalise the railways, helping to lower prices and get people to be using public transport.
Trains will broadcast adverts for the first 5 minutes of your journey bringing in money to lower prices.

2. Invest in Electric cars so the govenment have a stake or produce their own cars, thus making these cars cheaper for people to own.
When your battery fails, you can get one free replacement from the government scheme.
Government purchased cars will have adverts on the side of them to help lower costs. If you listen/watch an advert before you can set off off you will unlock features such as the ability to go faster.

3. Help single people to buy houses. It is near impossible to buy a house without support from someone else. Single people should be given help to buy, whether you've owned a home before or not.

4. If you come to this country and stay longer than 90 days you will be expected to work. You will pay a one off settling in tax. Tourists to be charged a visiting tax. This will be calculated on the length of their stay.

People who wish to live here or have second homes are charged an annual fee for taking up space, and living the good life.
Unskilled people will be trained to work in bakeries, making bread and food for the government supermarkets.

5. Job seekers or people who do not accept work when it is offered to them will be forced to work. Disabled or those who can't work will be execmpt from this.

6. Overseas businesses operating in the UK will have to keep their money in Government owned UK banks. The interest made on these accounts will go towards free public transport buses in UK cities.

7. MP's to be stripped of all second homes or offices. A big hotel in central London will be built for them. Transport costs or additional costs will not be covered and they'll have to suck it up like everyone else.

8. Free up room in UK prisons by dedicating an island off the shores of Scotland to be used as a final resting point for criminals. The island would be surrounded by electric fences.

9. UK Schools to include Wednesdays dedicated to PE and getting children healthy. Wednesdays will be sporting days.

10. Fast Food outlets and any takeaway food establishment to be charged a clean up tax for all the rubbish thrown out. This money will be sent to schools to create healthy living programmes.

11. Children to be taught mandatory "life" skills such as how to cook, how to wire a plug, change a tyre, use money wisely, etc.

11. Speed limit to be raised to 80 Miles Per hour on motorways.

12. Elderly people to be paid by the police to spy on street corners / spot crimes. The more they help out the more fuel vouchers they can get.

13. Ban the elderly from voting if they cant complete a sanity test.

14. Additional bank holiday on the 11th November to remember those that have died in the wars.

15. Dog owners to be charged a dog owners tax of £50 per year.

16. Old factories and buildings to be used to create super hub hotels for the homeless. New jobs would be created to run these facilities.

If you are homeless and complete tasks each day, you can exchange this for a free nights stay.

17. Men to have equal rights as women for looking after their children.
Independant research group created to help families with legal proceedings and navigate family laws.

18. The government to stop immediately any money being spent on space programmes and instead spend that money on Free meals for all primary school children.

19. The government to invest in tiny homes, creating forest villages with little pods. These inexpensive homes will help reduce the homeless situation and help people to buy homes. Homeless people can work their way up completing jobs to rent a pod.

20. The government to open their own supermarkets helping the nation who are struggling to feed their families.
This would be a non proffit organisation selling healthy products.
Job opportunities would be created to staff these places.
Money to fund this would come from a new food tax for anyone earning over £30000.

21. Businesses to be charged a pollution tax which would be 5% of their annual turnover. This would go to paying the wages of the new government run supermarkets.

22. Hospitals will include new staff known as happy entertainers to help cheer people up. This could be from singing to back massages, to reading stories. All to improve mental health.

23. MP's salaries to be capped at £60000.

24. The government will invest in developping an offshore Maglev railway on stilts, linking the North and South. UK tax payers will be charged a new Transport tax of £25 per year to cover developing the new railway. This will also bring in new jobs. As an incentive you will get 4 trips a year free.

25. Children to be offered free training or aprenterships.
This would be paid for by reducing MP's salaries and also by a new Training Tax that would be paid by businesses.