Please sign the electronic petition below:
Save the Health and Safety Executive in London
Petition to James Purnell MP, secretary of state for work and pensions.
So far only 12 staff, 4% of total, have expressed an interest in moving to Liverpool. The business case for the single head office assumed that 40% would go.
This means that HSE will be losing the competence, knowledge and know-how of over 310 staff.
Staff in London HQ play a vital and active role in HSE’s efforts to keep people healthy and safe at work. Their technical knowledge of health and safety and understanding of the political environment, magnified by years of experience in building relationships with other government departments and stakeholders, makes HSE the modern, world recognised and relevant organisation that it is today.
Already, nearly 80 staff and 4 senior managers, including both deputy chief executives, have left.
We believe the risks to the organisation of losing this vital expertise are now too great. We therefore call on you to ‘Think Again’ about closing HSE’s London HQ.
Petition start date: 23 June 2008
Petition end date: 30 September 2008
Current number of subscribers: 855
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