21st Century Communication – Government Mailboxes

Remove any laws that mean government communication has to be sent by post. In it's place have a government mailbox for each citizen that is tied to a unique personal identifier such as the National Insurance number.

Making it work:

• All government communication to be available in your mailbox within 3 years (including local council, HMRC, DWP etc.)
• Only email from government addresses allowed as incoming with careful control of what communication is permitted
• Partner with a Google type organisation where an extra 60 million mailboxes would mean little extra effort using the cloud
• Add extra security as banks do to protect accounts
• £100 tax break for all adopters in first year to speed mass adoption (paid for by massive reduction in postage and printing costs over several years)
• In future add features/apps that let you access your information like tax returns, allowances etc. with the next step letting you complete forms and returns
• Add a library feature for easy access to government information relevant to you
• Have a forward email to your normal email address or notification facility by SMS text or email
• Suitable support for those that cannot access the internet although an increase in library based access might help.
• Reduce voter fraud and administration by having suitable security to allow voting
• Look at the possibilities of letting everyone have a vote regularly on individual issues rather than making compromises with your vote by electing a party that you support for one reason but disagree on others (Maybe a step to far in my life time but worth considering)

The Government Gateway already exists but is massively limited in what you can do.

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