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Npower: the big tax turnoff
Npower’s tax dodging ways have finally been rumbled. So now it's time to teach them a lesson they won't forget. Switch supplier now.
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Save our Seabirds
Seabirds are dying from a toxic glue called polyisobutene. The government can stop this - tell them to act now.
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Npower: the great money-go-round
Npower have avoided at least £60m in tax by channelling profits through a shell company in Malta - tell them to pay their fair share now.
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MEPs: fix the carbon market
Persuade your MEPs to vote to fix the failing European system for tackling pollution.
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"Reckless" HBOS bankers: call for a City ban
Three ex-bosses of HBOS "should be barred" from the City for life - email the regulator now.
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What Next For The NHS?
Take this quick poll on what we should prioritise next for the NHS campaign.
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Jeremy Hunt's new privatisation plot
Sign the petition against Hunt's new NHS privatisation plan here.
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Save our bees
Lets persuade the government to protect our bees and ban the harmful pesticides that are killing them.
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Energy Bill: Email your MP
Email your MP now to persuade them to vote for adding a carbon-free electricity target to the draft Energy Bill.
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Fire service: under threat
Sign the petition to stop the government's plans to privatise the fire service.
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Clean energy vs George Osborne: email your MP
Email your MP to pressure them into supporting a cleaner, greener Britain.
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School dinners
Sign a petition to ask David Cameron to extend free school dinners to all children in poverty.
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Badgers: back in danger
Sign the petition to tell the government to drop the plans for a badger cull.
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Lake District: Good News
Cumbria County Council has voted to stop plans to build a nuclear waste dump in the Lake District.
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No Nuclear Dump in the Lake District
Ask Allerdale, Cumbria County and Copeland councillors to stop plans for a nuclear dump in the Lake District.
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2013 Campaigns
Happy New Year! What should 38 Degrees campaign on this year? See ideas other members have suggested and suggest your own here.
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Stand up to Trump
Tell Alex Salmond to stand up to Trump & support renewable energy in Scotland.
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NHS: protect out-of-hours services
Help stop the private health industry endangering people's lives with dodgy out-of-hours coverage.
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Save Your Local NHS
Ask local doctors to use their new powers to protect our NHS, not privatise it.
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Save Your Local NHS: Get-Togethers
Can you organise or attend an event in your area to save your local NHS?
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Stop Government Snooping
The government has come up with plans to spy on British citizens - we can force them to back down, if we speak up together now.
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Protect our school playing fields
Sign the petition to Michael Gove asking him to protect school playing fields.
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Nick Clegg - Stand Strong on Climate Change
Send a message asking Nick Clegg to stand firm on tackling climate change.
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Pay Farmers a Fair Price for Milk
VICTORY - ASDA have announced they will pay 29.5p per litre for milk
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Stop Olympic Tax Dodging
In the last couple of weeks we’ve taken on some of the most powerful companies in the world – and won! Together, we’ve forced them to pay their fair share of tax during the Olympics.
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Woods: We did it!
We’ve finally seen the government’s forest panel report. And it looks pretty good: “The government says it accepts the recommendations and will halt plans to sell off state-owned forests.”
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Snooping: visit your MP
38 Degrees members are organising local events to hand in our privacy petition to MPs across the country. Can you organise a hand-in your local area?
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Protect BBC Independence
Lord Patten and the Board of Trustees will soon be deciding who to appoint as the next BBC Director General. Help remind them they must protect the BBC from political interference.
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Snooping: Petition Hand-Ins
38 Degrees members are organising local events to hand in our privacy petition to MPs across the country. Can you go along to a hand-in near you?
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Some good news
The results for our people-powered bid to get cheaper gas and electricity prices are in. The Co-op has come forward with the cheapest offer. It looks like those of us taking part could save a total of £25 million.
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NHS: What Next?
Although we didn't stop the changes to our NHS there is still a lot to fight for. Now we need to decide together what our next step should be and how we can work together to protect our NHS. Can you take two minutes now to vote in the poll?
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NHS: A message from the sponsors
Big private health companies have got the money to gain influence with leading doctors, but we can level the playing field and invite doctors to our own patient-sponsored event. Can you chip in £1?
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Snooping: Email Your MP
The government has come up with plans to spy on us all. Email your MP and ask them to oppose the new proposals.
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Legal Aid
On Tuesday, MPs will vote on the government's cuts to legal aid - email you MP and ask them to back the changes made by the Lords.
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NHS: The Next Step
38 Degrees members have voted 96% in favour of carrying on with the NHS campaign and thousands of us have made our suggestions about what to do next.
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Stop cuts to support for disabled people
The government is planning to push through devastating cuts to support for sick and disabled people. These plans could be the difference between a decent life and serious poverty for tens of thousands of people. Can you take 2 minutes to ask your MP to stand up for what’s right and defend sick and disabled people?
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Recall - Put Voters in Charge
On Friday MPs will debate a new law that would give voters the power to sack MPs who don’t do their job properly. If thousands of us contact our MPs, we can build the pressure for putting voters in charge. Can you take 2 minutes now to email your MP and ask them to vote for the bill on Friday?
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Email a gas and electricity boss
There are nearly a million 38 Degrees members. If enough of us get involved we can drive down gas and electricity bills for everyone. Companies are always eager to pass on price hikes. Help shame the energy companies into passing the price cut on to their customers – email the head of one of the big gas and electricity companies now.
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Stop rip-off gas and electricity bills
There are nearly a million 38 Degrees members. If enough of us get involved we can drive down gas and electricity bills for everyone. Companies are always eager to pass on price hikes. Help shame the energy companies into passing the price cut on to their customers – sign the petition now.
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Cuts to legal aid - Rose's story
Disabled people will be among those will suffer most from the government’s plans to cut legal aid.
Rose Hartley would have been one of those people after her disability benefit was wrongly cut by the government. She was only able to appeal against the decision thanks to the free legal aid advice she received.
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Crack down on tax dodging
The government’s tax collectors don't seem to have been doing their job properly. Instead of making sure everyone is paying their fair share of tax, they’ve agreed to “sweetheart deals” letting big companies off paying billions of pounds.
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Visit the NHS Action Centre
Hundreds of thousands of 38 Degrees members are campaigning to save the NHS. Do you want to join the campaign?
Visit the NHS action centre to find out how you can get involved.
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TELL NICK CLEGG TO TAKE A STAND ON CLIMATE CHANGE
We must ensure that Liberal Democrats don’t vote to lift a European ban on buying tar sands oil. Getting oil from tar sands is a environmental disaster. Beautiful areas of unspoilt wilderness get dug up, and covered with open pit mines, toxic lakes, oil refineries and pipelines.
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Save Our Countryside
The government is trying to push through massive changes to the way the planning system works. Swathes of pristine countryside and vital green fields around our towns and cities could be put in jeopardy.
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38 DEGREES MEMBERS MEET THE FORESTS PANEL
38 Degrees members recently gathered in Bedgebury forest to meet with the government’s forests panel, where members handed in a petition of over 39,000 signatures.
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Rethink the Badger Cull
The government has announced plans to start culling badgers.
Their own scientific advisers warn that it won't solve the problem of TB in cattle, and could even make it worse. They're consulting on the plans right now. If we don't stop them, badger shoots could begin in a matter of months. Can you add your name to the petition?
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Keep protections for wildlife and the environment
The government is looking at scrapping legal protections for the countryside, wildlife and the environment. They claim these laws are 'red tape.'
We need to work together to make sure our wildlife, our countryside and our planet are protected.
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Suggest A Campaign
Can't see the a campaign you think we should be running here? Let us know.
We're a people powered movement, so if there's an issue you think we should be involved with please suggest a campaign now.
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Share ideas with other 38 Degrees members
Share your thoughts and ideas with other 38 Degrees members on the Facebook page.
It's great way to debate, let others know about issues and keep updated.
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Email your MP
38 Degrees is a people-powered movement. One of the things we do together is hold our MPs to account.
If you want to contact your MP about something you care about that's not listed above, our system will make it really easy for you.
