Petition to: put the same effort into publicising and promoting the benefits of flexible working as a solution to congestion and pollution problems, as is being spent on road pricing pilots.

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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to put the same effort into publicising and promoting the benefits of flexible working as a solution to congestion and pollution problems, as is being spent on road pricing pilots. More details

Submitted by Shirley Borrett of The Telework Association – Deadline to sign up by: 01 December 2007 – Signatures: 239

Petition update, 08 January 2008

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "put the same effort into publicising and promoting the benefits of flexible working as a solution to congestion and pollution problems, as is being spent on road pricing pilots."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page14173.asp

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More details from petition creator

All the research and case studies (including government initiatives) over the last two decades indicate that flexible working provides significant business benefits to organisations as well as a better quality of life for individuals. It could also prove to be a more effective and popular way of reducing congestion and pollution than road pricing, if the government really wants to change behaviours rather than just raise more tax revenue. Yet flexible working continues to be pigeon-holed as being about ‘carers’ and friendly HR policies, rather than being recognised as providing tangible bottom line benefits for businesses and for UK plc. There is no ‘one size fits all’ that could be implemented by government targets or legislation, but there is plenty that government could do to educate and inform, to support and encourage, and to publicise and promote flexible working so that individuals, organisations and UK plc can reap the benefits; benefits that have been amply demonstrated in research and case studies over many years now. The evidence is there, all we need to do is act on it!

Current signatories

Shirley Borrett, the Petition Creator, joined by:

Sarah Pantry
Adrian Godfrey
Alan Denbigh
Brian Higton
Gary Scullion
Suzanne Flynn
Amanda Franklin-Ryan
Meryck Franklin-Ryan
gareth payne
Christopher Higton
John L Townend
thomas gould
N Priest
C G Ridgewell
C de Redeswell
Akshay Davis
Antony Pope
Timi Feszt
Hooman Amini
Vaughan Phillips
Emma Cuthbert
Laura Fergusson
Laura Hiles
Philip Jones
Hamish Allan
Thomas Hiles
David Little
Peter Thomson
John Burns
Luke Munro
Helen Smith
Ann Packham
Anna Brook
George Reid
Claire Walker
George Brutton
Annette Narain
jonathan selwyn
Ian Holohan
Simon Brooks
Linda Gibson
Dick King
S King
David Williamson
Louise Allen
Michael Gottlieb
melvyn teare
Donna Strachan
Geoffrey Clare
karisha kira
Julian Smith
Konrad M Gawrys
Jeff Munn-Giddings
Andrew Cousins
Juliette Llewellyn
Brian Waugh
Naeem Ahmed
Kate Samuels
Steve Freeman
Andrew Sharkey
Simoen Davidson
Adam Christie
Neil Mennie
Helen Chandler
Eleanor Sheppard
James Hardy
Michelle Daisley
stephen whitby
Louise E Bailey
Chris Jordan
Marilyn Connell
James Ayling
Emma-Reetta Koivunen
Pascal De Polla
Adrian Kirkby
Amanda Hall
B. Elton
Paul Monaghan
Karen Moore
Paul Glennon
Paul Robert Keeble
Stephen Rankin
Graeme Cobb
Dave Haslett
K Tindall
Gareth Laity
Matt Patterson
Stuart Wynn
Mark Turner
Calum Mackay
Joe Carroll
George Hau
Lynn Sharp
Kiri Robb
Alan Weddell
Adalbert Jahnz
John Campbell
Joanne Wood
Kimberley Steele
C Nova
Robert Hind
Gavin Brown
Liam Reynolds
Martin Pegg
Neil Odam
Louise Thomas
Jo Turner
Liz Watts
Sophia Husbands
Fiona Quigley
Catriona Hunter
Alex Malcolm
Phil D'Arcy
Philip Rice
John Graham-Leigh
Yvonne Rann
Nicola Clark
David Welch
Jim Clapperton
Sherie Griffiths
John Taylor
David Matthews
Fiona Thompson
joanne hatcher
Karen Pickering
Beverley Nicholson
ANNE TAYLOR
Daniel Cohen
Anne Rigby
Pronab Dhar
Andrea Carton
Denise Wise
Rosalind McDonald
Malcolm Newdick
Alison Gould
Cindy Daley
Jenny Harrop
Dawn Bradford
Gloria Garofalo
Barbara Turnock
kate dingley
Rosanella di Costanzo
John Leary
Samir Music
Kate Collard
elaine willis
Ashley Dobbs
Karen Dadswell
J Nash
Sarah Palmer
Alexander Frew
Andrew Beaven
R A Quick
Leonard Lambley
K WRIGHT
H Phillips
Michael Larter
Marilia Angove
Mary Lunnen
Colin Richards
John Ingleson
Pete Jones
Jeanette Eason
Paula Silva - santos
Peter Thompson
Tony Johnson
Eleanor Halsall
Melvin K Langford
ANA MARIA ROIG
Roland Elliott
Angie Fisher
Raymond Hughes
Lynne Davey
Ellinor Robinson
Sarah Kean-Price
James Fletcher
Emma Watts
Nasir Rana
Kathy Cottle
A Jennings
Elena Drinnan
Andy Stoica
Brian Watson
peter neville
Nicole E. A. AMBAYE
victoria kaylor
James Hayden
Tony Corbin
Ian Woods
Graham Woolnough
Anna Semlyen
John Chapman
katherine allcott
edyta niedzwiecka
Liam Mahony
Christine Russell
David Parry
Thomas Heathcote
Jane Ball
Zoe Benfield
Kye Valongo
Stacy Hinton
annette barclay
John Campbell
Jo Toseland
Hugh Hulme
Katie Dominy
Michelle Button
Chris Butler
B. Robinson
Alison Terry
Damien Ransome
Gerald Dixon
J Stimpson
Paul M Tate
Clifford Slocombe
Anthony Butcher
Mrs Stewart
C Danenbergs
Letitia Roark
Alan Flewker
Peter Thompson
Richard Hodgson
Melanie Price
Sarah Owen
Karen McCullough
Alison Russell
Sam Pacheco
Helen Ranger
Dmitri Adriaanse
clare owens
Chris Lofts
Jacqueline Frances Benjamin
samanatha pringle
David Grunnill
Ruby Woods
Michael
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