Life during lockdown

Need something for people not on resource to public fund . 
like me am on appeal . Got refused this feb 2020 .been here almost 17 years And not we are not allowed to be working and got 3 kids and one of them is extremely vulnerable . We all got to isolating . 
No sort income at the moment .

Would be very helpful is Homeoffice could grants us leave to remain. 
mot even a temporary stay visa so we can at least work .

Do these comments actually get read by anyone in Gvt. who can take these good points forward?

All the Mayors' office appear to be doing is posing questions. 

Is there any chance a dedicated point of contact could take the time to answer them - other wise this forum is pointless?

I agree with both comments below which are well made - you'd need to have a 'shift systemed' phased return of essential workers with diligent checks in progress at transport hubs monitored by BTP/TFL and relevant partner agencies 

However, quite pressing is the amount of emergency service workers that live a lot further than zone 6 and have not had accommodation provided during the height of the pandemic let alone the lack of contingency planning for when services slowly manoeuvre to a phased return. 

There has been a lot of sleeping on floors and camp beds, and self funded hotel bills putting officers/emergency service workers out of pocket where this could easily have been addressed through the use of unoccupied hotels/private member clubs. Something MOPAC should have got a grip of from the start. 

The Military managed it but the police were left to fend for themselves having no choice but to be exposed and take public transport up to 70 miles out of London  - and that's a one way journey!. To curb the need for this continue and reduce overcrowding, emergency service workers that have all been priced out of London should be provided with accommodation otherwise the force will be depleted - and once London starts to build back up again the criminals will be 'back out to play' and mingle amongst the crowds with a risk of a further lack of resources to deal with them.

Compulsory face coverings on public transport and in workplaces are needed. There will also need to be a lot more trains and buses so that people can keep apart.  People who can work from home should be encouraged to do so. Government needs to support businesses to enable workers to work from home where they can (e.g to buy laptops, software).  Businesses should be required to put in place distancing measures in the workplace (2m is not adequate, especially indoors) and buy PPE (masks, visors, goggles) and hand sanitizers.  

TFL and mayor need to find a solution to the limitations of public transport. With house prices extortionate in central london, families like mine who work in zone 1, live in zone 5,6. It is not possible for me to cycle or walk to work and driving is impractical in London. So how do we open our opticians and dentists and other businesses that cannot be done remotely in London. If workers do not feel safe on TFL, and if the time to commute is too long, customers will not go into central London. A lot of the consumer business in London relies on office workers and tourists spending their time and money in the city. If neither of these are going to be coming in to central London, I fear for the future of the businesses based in Central London. From an environmental perspective, reducing consumption is great, but it needs to be done in a positive way. 

The Mayor needs to task TFL with finding an improved solution to overcrowding on public transport.  This is critical to allow life in London to develop to a new normal.  Failure to manage congestion on public transport will mean people choose not to travel and use the facilities of London, which will hinder the economy and employment for Londoners.  

Parliament and governments - central and local - appear to be doing their maximum at their best about combating and countering NOVID-19 formerly 2019-nCoV; their performances are unimpressive and unconvincing because of their errors of commission and omission .                      We are constrained to use their monopoly statistics!

I request our Mayor of London to comment; and, advise about what he with Assembly Members and Central Government propose to do about anomalies listed below:-

1.  Minority BAME NHS & TFL etc. workers are dying disproportionately probably because they are fronting most risky assignments without adequate protections.

2.  It is essential for all of us to know the true origin or primary source of this COVID-19 formerly 2019-nCoV rampaging and boomeranging virus - which is Fort Detrick in Maryland, USA; and not Wuhan in China.

3.  Considering the fact that a credible, tested, proven, and certified antidote &/or vaccine takes about 18 to 24 months to establish for British use; how about allowing uses of a, Cuban "Interferon Alpha 2B" and "Heberon Alpha R" tested and proven to have 97% efficacy by South Korean & Chinese Authorities: and, b, African "COVID ORGANICS" herbal tea and remedy developed by Dr. Jerome Munyagi in collaboration with The Malagasy Institute of Applied Research in Antananarivo.  Both continue to record successes and have not recorded any side or adverse effects so far.  Orthodox Medicine and BIG PHARMA etc. regard these good and positive innovations as threats to their profitabilities. I consider both as good for Londoner-victims of COVID-19.  I had and I repeat my request to our Mayor of London & Members of our London Assembly who are so minded to please respond.

If you're going to make us in the Theatre Industry Jobless then we deserve a Universal Basic Income, or continued economic support from the government based on Pre not post Tax profit. Taxing money twice is immoral. Though ideally we should be allowed back to work in August with extra measures in place.

The government missed its chance to have an effective lockdown, so unfortunately now lives will have to be risked now to avoid destroying the future. We can not let a virus less deadly than many others dictate our lives for the foreseeable future. Time to get on with our lives and leave the lockdown. 

Workers will need long term support.  The furlough scheme will need to run for months to ensure that businesses and workers are supported.  Business is not going to immediately go back to normal as soon as the restrictions are lifted.  It will take months, if not years, for the economy to recover.  Please keep furlough for as long as possible to prevent job losses.

Much of the focus during the Covid19 Lockdown has been focused on the NHS staff who are undertaking an absolutely fantastic job on the frontline&as our wider colleagues we applaud them for the great work they are undertaking to keep people alive. But lets not forget that the response to the pandemic is multi agency led. The MPS,LFB&NHS nurses working on teams within the community - the figures the public do not always see on the governments daily briefings - are also working flat out on shifts throughout the day&night while having to travel great distances on public transport into London. This only serves to generate greater risk/exposure to front line workers who must travel into Lndn everyday to assist with reducing the spread of the pandemic. 

Can the GLA explain why accommodation has not been offered to police officers,LFB &partners carrying out crucial frontline work? While one of our last buildings to shut that did accommodate officers is now being illegally occupied by squatters, a row of chairs or a bit of floor space in a police station- to avoid a car driving 1.5hrs outside London and back again-does not deliver a good nights rest nor a healthy work force the following day.The military & NHS have got it covered. While despite numerous emails to bosses, the Police have been left out on a whim to sort them selves out and many are struggling with the added journey time to areas of Lndn which are nowhere near their usual place of work. There has been no provision for a hot nutritious meals and it is difficult to get into a supermarket to get provisions during a shift due to excessive queuing. 

Anyone with solutions please post here if you can help other frontline services working as hard as our wonderful colleagues in the NHS.We'd be grateful to hear from the Mayor or the Govt. on this too. With thanks, thethinblueline.Always Putting London First.

This will stay with us for a long time. Given London's population density a comprehensive system of testing and contact tracing will be the only way to keep the virus from spreading uncontrollably again and must be top priority to get in place.

Social distancing will be incredibly difficult to keep, and impossible on public transport, even with the smallest easing of lock down restrictions.