Hi, here at Listen Up we often write about focus or awareness days – who doesn’t love them… well, me for a start…! 

For example, 6th March is Spring Budget day… so you have a fortnight to digest it ready for celebrating International Day of Happiness on the 20th March ☺️ 

Just imagine a budget from Mr Hunt that sets out a brighter future for some of our most isolated, vulnerable people, struggling families hopeful of being able to buy themselves enough healthy food to eat, have enough money for life’s basic needs, warmth, a roof to sleep under… not unachievable for a first World country eh 😤… 

Now, not everything announced by Government on budget day has to be fiscal 🤔… they could agree to loosen systems, sanction benefits for genuine people less, create a culture of kindness to another human being by not demonising people, procedures or processes…  

Not everyone is a fraudster, far far from it. Nor is their chaos any different to those behind ‘model citizen’s’ doors, yet that’s a quiet, hidden, acceptable chaos that doesn’t get sanctioned! Or support withdrawn… does it!?  

Where am I going with this you ask… I’m asking myself as I write… I guess it’s a call out to the whole of government, civil service included: you are employed by the taxpayers to provide fairness across all the citizens of the UK, not cherry pick for votes… and this includes opposition parties… I have a vote which you desire… therefore, in order for me to tick your voting booth box… quite simply, create a place where I don’t make my future dependant on having to tick every single box to receive what I’m already legally invited to receive to live a fair life in society. 

Set your alarm for the 20th March now, and I’ll join you in the celebration of our new sustainable brighter futures… or will it not quite evolve like that… let’s see if we get a Chancellor’s budget or a Chancer’s one 🙄 

Miles