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Freezing danger - email councillors

| Speak Out In freezing weather, councils are meant to activate an emergency plan to find people who are sleeping rough and get them indoors at night. But some councils may be moving too slowly o ...(more)

Freezing danger: email councillors

| Speak Out In freezing weather, councils are meant to activate an emergency plan to find people who are sleeping rough and get them indoors at night. But some councils may be moving too slowly o ...(more)

Gay marriage: Government consultation

| Speak Out On Thursday the government’s consultation about gay marriage ends. It’s a huge chance to make sure to make sure that gay and lesbian people have the right to get married to the person ...(more)

Ask Leveson to limit media ownership

| Speak Out Our media system is broken - but it’s not beyond saving. Soon, the Leveson inquiry will make recommendations for rescuing it. Together, we have a rare chance to push for a more open, more diverse, ...(more)

NHS monitor consultation

| Speak Out Monitor, the government’s NHS regulator, are planning to relax the rules around board appointments to private health companies, charities and hospital trusts. As a result, people with a histor ...(more)

Privacy petition hand-ins: tell your local newspapers

| Speak Out Thanks for organising a privacy petition hand-in to your MP! Enter your postcode on the right to find your local newspapers and send them a press release to help spread the word and grow the campa ...(more)

Protect our NHS: Write a letter to your local newspaper

| Speak Out The doctors on your local CCG have not yet agreed to amend their constitution to protect the NHS. Can you write a letter to your local paper asking doctors to protect the NHS from privatisation?
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Tell your MP to help stop trafficking

| Speak Out Every year, criminal gangs traffic thousands of people into the UK. Once the victims arrive here, many of them, including children, end up in the sex trade. Now, a new Europe-wide pla ...(more)

Save Child Benefit

| Speak Out Child benefit is under threat. The amount of child benefit has been frozen and it will not be available to all families from 2013 – this will mean an even bigger squeeze on family inc ...(more)

Tell Nick Clegg to take a stand on climate change

| Speak Out Nick Clegg promised that the government would be "the greenest ever". 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 e ...(more)

Send your MP a clear message

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Political leaders are starting to listen for our demands for changes to make sure in the future politicians work for us. So far we've seen more talk than action, so now's the time to step the press

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bonuses are back

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This time last year, UK taxpayers were bailing out failing banks. The government was promising to get tough to ensure this never happened again. Now, the bankers think they are back on top: antici

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Email your MP in just 3 minutes

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It's quick and easy to tell your MP to support the Citizens' Convention Bill. Just enter your postcode, and we'll find your MP. You then have the choice of sending a standard letter or edi

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Was your MP working for you this summer?

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The MP Holiday Watch campaign is now closed, as MPs returned to Westminster on October 12th. If you would like see the results from the survey, you can

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MP Holiday Watch: the results

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Now you've seen your MP's survey results - or the lack of them - what do you want to say to them? Use our tool to tell them what you think.


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Ask your MP to join the 10:10 Climate Change Campaign

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Is your MP going to cut their emissions next year? Email them now in less than 2 minutes.

If we all contact our MPs now, they will get a very powerful message. H

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Send a message to the head of Aberdeenshire council in 2 minutes

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THIS CAMPAIGN IS NOW CLOSED
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Provost Bill Howats

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10:10: Ask your MP to join in

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Is your MP going to cut their emissions next year? Email them now in less than 2 minutes.

If we all contact our MPs now, they will get a very powerful message. H

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Email your MP in less than 2 minutes: don't top slice the BBC

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Tell your MP to protect the BBC and by saying no to top slicing the licence fee. Email them now in less than 2 minutes.

If we all contact our MPs now, they will g

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End Child Poverty: e-mail your MP

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Britain's struggling families are being forgotten in the financial crisis. We need action now to make sure these families aren't being left behind in the recovery.

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Protect Our Free Press: Stop the Gag

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Tell your MP to stand up for the media's right to report on politicians in Westminster: e-mail them in two minutes, now.

The Guardian newspaper was temporarily prevented from reporting Pa

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Act now to save Akmal Shaikh from execution: Email your MP in 2 mins

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Akmal Shaikh was executed in China in December 2009, bringing the campaign to save his life to a tragic end. 38 Degrees will continue to campaign on human rights.

Akmal Shaikh

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Tell the Scottish Government: don't allow dirty new coal power stations

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Right now the Scottish Government is considering whether to allow new coal fired power stations to be built. They have a choice: allow new coal stations to belch out pollution wh

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Get Parliament to vote 10:10

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This Wednesday Parliament votes on whether or not to sign up to the 1010 campaign.

If passed, the motion would be a big boost in the fight against Climate Change, placin

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Don't support extreme internet laws

| Speak Out Peter Mandelson is rushing to force the Digital Economy Bill into law before the General Election. The draconian law is opposed by industry experts, internet service providers (like T ...(more)

Tell your MP that voters want a Recall Law

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Our campaign for a Recall Law has just received a boost. A cross party group of MPs has just tabled an early day motion and draft law supporting our demands.

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University fees to be hiked? Email your MP in 2 minutes and tell them to think again

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The government has just announced a review of higher education funding. It's feared this could pave the way for big increases in fees charged to students

Together we ca

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University fees to be hiked? Email your MP in 2 minutes and tell them to think again

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The government has just announced a review of higher education funding. It's feared this could pave the way for big increases in fees charged to students

Together we ca

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Tell your MP "Stand up for Windfarms"

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In a few weeks at the climate change summit in Copenhagen world leaders need to make bold decisions.. Yet British politicians, including Kenneth Clarke MP and Peter Luff MP have re

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End Child Poverty 38 Degrees

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Britain's struggling families are being forgotten in the financial crisis. We need action now to make sure these families aren't being left behind in the recovery.

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Don't top-slice the license fee: email your MP now in less than 2 minutes

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Gordon Brown needs to hear from lots of MPs this week telling him to drop plans to top-slice the license fee. Email yours now in less than 2 minutes.

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24 hours to get Europe to agree a 30% minimum carbon cut

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On 10th and 11th December, European leaders meet in Brussels for their final talks before they go to the Copenhagen summit. It's essential that at this meeting European countries commit rig

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TAX - Tell the Chancellor to tax bankers' bonuses - email him now.

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The chancellor is considering introducing a windfall tax on bank bonuses. Email him now to tell him he should.

The banks are fighting back. They're using

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Greg Clark Webchat Questions

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Today, Greg Clark MP, the Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change, is taking questions on climate change in a live webchat on the Conservative party website. We've already heard what the gove

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Note to Darling

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Yesterday, the Chancellor announced a new 50% tax on bonuses over £25,000. This is is a big success for us and another example of people power working. Together we made sure that public interest wo

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Tobacco marketing to young people: Ask your MP to get tough

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Tobacco companies spend millions on marketing tobacco to young people around the world – so millions of us get addicted to cigarettes. In the UK Tobacco companies have found ways around laws forbid

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Obama: Save the talks at Copenhagen

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The climate talks in Copenhagen could be heading for collapse. But in the next 24 hours, President Obama is arriving to contribute to the final stages of the negotiations.

President Obam

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Obama - Save the talks at Copenhagen

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The climate talks in Copenhagen could be heading for collapse. But in the next 24 hours, President Obama is arriving to contribute to the final stages of the negotiations.

President Obam

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Brown: Save Akmal Shaikh

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Akmal Shaikh was executed in China in December 2009, bringing the campaign to save his life to a tragic end. 38 Degrees will continue to campaign on human rights.

Akmal Shaikh

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Don't push asylum seekers deeper into poverty - email your MP now

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Tell your MP to make a stand against asylum seekers being forced deeper into poverty. Email them now and ask them to tell the Home Secretary it's time for a rethink.

If w

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Protect Tenants from Repossessions

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It's not just people who own the houses they live in who have been affected by the recession. Many landlords who rent out their properties have also been repossessed when th ...(more)

Ask Gordon Brown about Hamsters

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Gordon Brown is likely to welcome a return to economic growth.

But our fixation on economic growth is taking us ever closer to very real environmental limits, and in rich nations, the evi

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Feed in tariffs - email your MP now

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The Governments new renewables Feed-In Tariffs will be launched next week. There's a risk it could be too weak to stop climate change.

We've got one week to persuage Ed Miliband, Sec

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Demand a cleaner Energy Bill

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The Government promised that new laws on energy would put tackling climate change first. But now, the Energy Bill could be passed this month with no standards for the carbon emissions of ne

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Tell your MP to vote for a change

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On Tuesday, Parliament is voting to decide on the Constitutional Reform Bill. This will include a proposal for a referendum to give us the choice to change our voting system. The

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well done, Lebedev

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Together we persuaded Alexander Lebedev, the new owner of the Independent newspaper, and Simon Kelner, the Managing Director, to rethink their plan to hire Rod Liddle as the new editor.

I

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Tell your MP to support changes to make it easier to become an organ donor

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Every 11 days someone in Wales dies waiting for a transplant. Nearly 500 people in Wales have their lives on hold, waiting for a life saving call with news of a new heart, lungs, pancreas, liver or

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Tell your MP to support a cleaner Energy Bill

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Recently, we took action together to convince MPs that they should support an Emissions Performance Standard for power stations in the Energy Bill when they vote on it today in Par

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How did your MP vote on Emissions Performance Standards?

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Thousands of us emailed our MP asking them to vote for an Emissions Performance Standard to be included in the Energy Bill. We came really close to winning - if we'd persuaded just four more MPs t

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Support changes to Parliament: e-mail your MP now

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This week, MPs have the chance to vote for changes to Parliament that would make it easier for MPs to challenge the government when they need to do so. It can be a disaster when th

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Perfect Speak Out to MPs

| Speak Out In a few hours MPs will vote on whether to ban the cruel use of wild animals by circuses. If the vote goes the right way, it would be a massive step towards ending this cruel and outd ...(more)

Support Free School Meals

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Making sure that every child gets at least one hot, nutritious meal per day is vital if we're to ensure all children eat well, learn well and achieve their full potential.

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Stop the BBC cuts - email the BBC now

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We've made it quick and easy to tell the BBC to stop the cuts that are currently threatening valuable services, like 6Music, Asian Network and the BBC website. Enter your details now to ge

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Save 6 Music - email the BBC now

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We've made it quick and easy to tell the BBC to stop the cuts that are currently threatening valuable services, like 6Music, Asian Network and the BBC website. Enter your details now to ge

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Debate The Digital Economy Bill

| Speak Out This week, Harriet Harman, leader of the House of Commons, received thousands of emails. Over the last week MPs have been sent more than 14,000 emails opposing the bill. Yet the government is still pl ...(more)

Digital Economy Bill

| Speak Out Peter Mandelson is rushing to force the Digital Economy Bill into law before the General Election. The draconian law is opposed by industry experts, internet service providers (like T ...(more)

Tell your candidates to defend the BBC

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Now that the date for the General Election has been announced, we need to find out where candidates stand on protecting the BBC. We want to make sure MPs in the next government are prepared to defe

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Oppose World Bank loan for coal plant

| Speak Out On 8 April, the UK is expected to vote in favour of a .75 billion World Bank loan to energy giant Eskom to fund the Medupi coal-fired power plant in South Africa. If the project goes ahead, Medupi w ...(more)

Have your say on National Insurance increases: write to a newspaper

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Last week, people in charge of some of the UKs largest businesses wrote to the Telegraph supporting the Conservative's pledge to halt Labour's planned 1% rise in National Insurance. But Na

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National Insurance: mind your own business?

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Last week those in charge of some of the UKs largest businesses wrote to the Telegraph supporting the Conservative's pledge to halt Labour's planned 1% rise in National Insurance. This may

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DEB - a lobbyists' law

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We often feel like government doesn't listen enough to us, and listens too much to paid lobbyists working for big business.

Whether it's forcing through internet laws, tobacco advertising, a

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Priti Patel: come clean on your lobbying links

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Priti Patel, the local Conservative election candidate, is trying to spin her way out of a tight corner. In an interview last week she told the Braintree and Witham Times that our

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Tell your candidates to stop RBS backing tar sands 'blood oil'

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RBS is the UK's largest backer of loans to tar sands companies – at least .

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TAX - Stop Tesco tax dodge

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At a time of financial crisis in the UK, Tesco is dodging millions of pounds of tax by running part of its online shopping service from Guernsey. Please write to Tesco now, and urge them to

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Voting reform: write to a newspaper

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On 6th May, we voted for a hung parliament. No single party convinced us that they should form the next government on their own. As the politicians scramble to form pacts and coalitions, there's on

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Save Kiana Firouz now

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Kiana Firouz is a 27-year old Iranian actress and lesbian activist, who faces imminent deportation to Iran where she will be at risk of torture and death. Email the Home Secretary

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Cut down carbon emissions, not trees

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Next week, rich countries will be trying to sew up a deal to do what most of us would consider to be impossible – to turn their forests against the climate. Email Secretary of State for En

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Academies: give us a say

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The new government wants to make it easier for schools to become academies. Tell your MP to make sure that new rules don’t mean local communities have no voice when it comes to turning schools into

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Permission to Work

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We’ve teamed up with Still Human Still Here to urge the government to get behind more sensible rules for asylum seekers which allow them to work if they’ve been in the UK for more than six months.

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Tell Osborne to keep his promise

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We've got just a few days to make sure that Britain's wealthiest people shoulder their fair share of the burden of reducing the deficit.

Around £1 bi

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Tell the coalition to keep its promise

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We've got just a few days to make sure that Britain's wealthiest people shoulder their fair share of the burden of reducing the deficit.

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Tell your MP to stop the BBC cuts

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The BBC is under threat again. The Minister in charge, Jeremy Hunt, said next year he planned to have “tough discussions†with the BBC, and force them to change “a huge number of t

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Ban secret lobbying

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Just after the election the government announced they'd crack down on secret lobbying by launching a register of lobbyists. This was huge win for us. It would force big business to

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BBCcuts-noreply

| Speak Out If your MP hasn't replied to your e-mail urging them to stand up for the BBC why not send them a quick reminder. Pop in your postcode to get started


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BBC Cuts - No MP Reply

| Speak Out If your MP hasn't replied to your e-mail urging them to stand up for the BBC why not send them a quick reminder. Pop in your postcode to get started

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Contact Your MP

| Speak Out 38 Degrees is a people-powered movement. One of the things we do together is hold our MPs to account.<br><br>If you want to contact your MP about something you care about, our system will ...(more)

Clean up Coal

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In February Conservative and Lib Dem MPs backed plans to set limits in CO2 emission standards from new coal fired power stations. Now they might break this promise.

Currently there

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Tell your MP to back laws to clean up farming

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There is an important vote in Parliament this Friday on tighter rules for greener livestock farming. If we win the vote, it will be a big step towards greener farms.

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Don't give up on fair votes

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The Parliamentary Voting Systems and Constituencies Bill has just had its second reading and has been defeated. Now is the time to let Parliament know that people are still committed to a f

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Fair votes: let's have our say

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MPs will soon be deciding whether we should have a referendum on fixing our broken voting system. But after all the talk of new politics, there's still a risk they won't let us have our say

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Protect the cows

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The threat of three US style mega-dairies being built in Linconshire is still very much alive.

A final decision about whether planning permission is accepted rests with Nort

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Renewable Heat Incentive

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In the face of huge budget pressures, the Treasury is looking to cut as much as possible.

Currently only 1% of our heat energy comes from renewable sources. A new Renewable Heat Inc

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Save NHS Direct

| Speak Out Enter your postcode on the right to find your MP and send them a quick message. It only takes 2 minutes. The government is floating plans to slash spending on NHS Direct. They're ...(more)

Back Renewable Heat

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Currently only 1% of our heat energy comes from renewable sources, but 47% of UK greenhouse gas emissions come from heating. The new Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme was suppo

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Don't waste money on Trident

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Click 'get started' on the right to send George Osborne, the Chancellor, a quick message. It only takes 2 minutes.

What would you rather spend money on? Schools, hospital

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Email your MP about the Trolleybus

| Speak Out Enter your postcode on the right to find your MP and send them a quick message. It only takes 2 minutes. Soon Ministers will be making a decision about whether to cut funding for ...(more)

Tell your MP to stand up to Murdoch's power grab

| Speak Out Enter your postcode on the right to find your MP and send them a quick message. It only takes 2 minutes. Let's make sure our local MPs are feeling ...(more)

Protect Green Jobs

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Funding for tackling climate change is under threat from Government cuts . This would not only be bad for the environment but also for the green jobs industry.

From a Government that claims

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Update:The BBC has been raided.

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Update: Since we emailed yesterday, the deal has been done. The government has forced through a massive raid on the BBC's licence fee and slashed the budget by 16%.

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TAX - Why aren't we tackling tax dodgers?

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George Osborne has announced his plans for spending cuts. It’s going to hurt. Our schools, hospitals and police will all face huge cuts. Nearly half a mi

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Spending Cuts - Have your say

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Today George Osborne outlined the government's cuts. It's going to hurt. Schools, hospitals, the BBC, tackling climate change, the police - all face cuts. Many people will lose

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Tell your MP to stand up for the NHS

| Speak Out Nearly 30,000 of us have pledged to stand up for for the NHS. Now, we need to get together to send a powerful message to our MPs that we expect them to do the same. Opposition to t ...(more)

Stop Murdoch's BSkyB Power Grab

| Speak Out It's great news that Vince Cable has ordered a review of Murdoch's attempt to buy all of BSkyB. Now we need to make sure that Vince hears from our MPs that he's got public sup ...(more)

Tell MPs not to make people homeless

| Speak Out The government has made changes to housing and housing benefit rules, which put thousands of people at risk of becoming homeless. Money might be tight but everyone should have ...(more)

Stand Up To Murdoch

| Speak Out It's great news that Vince Cable has ordered a review of Murdoch's attempt to buy all of BSkyB. While the investigation is running, OfCom are asking for the public to send in their ...(more)

Time to tame the banks

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The bankers' bonus bonanza is nearly upon us again.

The Vickers Commission is set to propose reforms to the banking system to prevent another financial crisis. As the

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Cap loan sharks

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There is an important review happening now on tighter rules for legal loan sharks. If enough of us take action now, we can help to protect Britain's poorest consumers.

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Email Your MP to Save Our Forests

| Speak Out Currently our forests are protected by law. But the government wants to change the law to allow them to start a massive sell-off. National treasures like the Forest of Dean, Sherwood Forest, G ...(more)

Tell your MP to protect the NHS

| Speak Out We know the government is already nervous about our campaign to save the NHS. But despite 'pausing' to consult more, they are still pressing ahead with the bulk of the bill.

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| Speak Out The government have proposed huge changes to our NHS. Together, we've decided what our main worries are about those plans. Now, it's time to e-mail our MPs to find our where they stand on our ...(more)

Save Our Forests - Thank Your MP

| Speak Out Our Save Our Forests campaign is going from strength to strength. Before the crunch vote in Parliament this week over 80,000 of us emailed our MPs urging them to vote to Save Our Forests. Thanks to ...(more)

Save our Forests - How did your MP vote?

| Speak Out Our Save Our Forests campaign is going from strength to strength. Before the crunch vote in Parliament this week over 80,000 of us emailed our MPs urging them to vote to Save Our Forests. ...(more)

Your MP voted to sell our forests

| Speak Out On Wednesday MPs voted on whether to demand a rethink of the government's plans to sell our forests. It looks like your MP didn't vote to save our forests. We need to keep the pressure up - and ma ...(more)

Save Our Forests - Your MP Abstained

| Speak Out Last Wednesday, MPs had their first chance to vote on forest sell-off plans. It looks like your MP was one of just four MPs to officially "abstain". This probably means they are ...(more)

Save Our Forests - MP was Absent

| Speak Out Last Wednesday, MPs had their first chance to vote on forest sell-off plans. It looks like your MP wasn't there to vote. We need to know where they stand - and more pressure this ...(more)

Forests - don't scrap legal protections

| Speak Out Yesterday, David Cameron was asked if he was happy with the government's plans to privatise our woodlands. His reply showed our pressure is starting to work: "the short answer to that is no". But for ...(more)

Murdoch & Hunt's BSkyB whitewash

| Speak Out Jeremy Hunt has announced that he will allow Rupert Murdoch to takeover BSkyB. In order to get the deal through Murdoch has offered to not fully takeover Sky News, as a tiny concessio ...(more)

Cameron & Clegg: keep your climate promise

| Speak Out David Cameron has always promised to tackle climate change. But right now, there's a risk that he's about to break that promise. His own experts have just made recommendations for ...(more)

NHS: Your MP hasn't replied

| Speak Out Don't worry if your MP hasn't replied yet, you can email them again to let them know your views. The next few weeks are going to be really important while the government 'pauses' on ...(more)

NHS: Email your Lib Dem MP

| Speak Out The government has announced a 'pause' on its NHS plans and has said that it will listen. We need to make sure that the government doesn't just listen but actually hears what we are saying. ...(more)

NHS: Email your Conservative MP

| Speak Out The government has announced a 'pause' on its NHS plans and has said that it will listen. We need to make sure that the government doesn't just listen but actually hears what we are saying. ...(more)

NHS: Email Your MP

| Speak Out MPs on the important Public Accounts Committee have raised yet more worries about Lansley's NHS gamble. The Guardian reports that they are warning the plans "pose an intolerable risk ...(more)

Cameron: Keep Your Climate Promise

| Speak Out David Cameron is about to decide whether or not to accept the targets recommended by his own climate change experts. The prime minister promised to stick to these targets and to lead ...(more)

Climate Promises: Email Lib Dem MPs

| Speak Out David Cameron is about to decide whether or not to accept the targets recommended by his own climate change experts. The prime minister promised to stick to these targets and to lead ...(more)

Climate Promises: Email Vince Cable

| Speak Out David Cameron is about to decide whether or not to accept the targets recommended by his own climate change experts. The prime minister promised to stick to these targets and to lead ...(more)

Climate Action: Email Vince Cable

| Speak Out David Cameron is about to decide whether or not to accept the targets recommended by his own climate change experts. The prime minister promised to stick to these targets and to lead ...(more)

Climate Promises: Email your MP thanks

| Speak Out The government have listened to us. On Tuesday evening, climate minister Chris Huhne announced they have accepted key bits of advice from the Committee on Climate Change which will help ensure ...(more)

Send your comments to the NHS Listening Exercise

| Speak Out *** THE NHS LISTENING EXERCISE HAS NOW CLOSED.
It is now more important than ever that we keep the pressure on the government. To see what you can do today, vi ...(more)

Save Eddy Cosmas

| Speak Out Eddy Cosmas is a gay rights activist from Tanzania. Eddy applied for asylum in the UK, but his application has been turned down. Eddy could be deported at any moment and could face life in pr ...(more)

Tell Your MP to save the NHS

| Speak Out **Update - out of office hours the 38 Degrees "phone your MP tool" switches over to this page to allow your to email your MP instead (as your MP probably won't be in their office). If you'd rather cal ...(more)

End Circus Animal Cruelty

| Speak Out In a few hours MPs will vote on whether to ban the cruel use of wild animals by circuses. If the vote goes the right way, it would be a massive step towards ending this cruel and outd ...(more)

Email your MP about Murdoch

| Speak Out Could this be the week we finally turn the tide on Rupert Murdoch? Pressure to weaken his grip on our media and our democracy is building. Let's work together to get the clean-up oper ...(more)

Time To Stand Up to Murdoch

| Speak Out This week could be the week when people power stops Rupert Murdoch.

TOMORROW MPs will get a chance to stand up to Murdoch by voting against his BSkyB power ...(more)

Murdoch: Fit and proper media owner

| Speak Out This week could be the week when people power stops Rupert Murdoch.

Murdoch's BSkyB powergrab has been referred to the Competition Commission, which means at least a six ...(more)

Email your MP to save the NHS

| Speak Out Andrew Lansley has just announced that he's planning to fast track his latest health plans into law. If he has his way the biggest shakeup to the NHS that this country has ever seen c ...(more)

Email your Liberal Democrat MP

| Speak Out In a few days your MP has to vote on the biggest proposed changes to our NHS since 1948. But 38 Degrees members now have something our MPs don’t – thorough, independent legal advice a ...(more)

Email your Conservative MP

| Speak Out In a few days your MP has to vote on the biggest proposed changes to our NHS since 1948. But 38 Degrees members now have something our MPs don’t – thorough, independent legal advice a ...(more)

Email your Labour MP

| Speak Out In a few days your MP has to vote on the biggest proposed changes to our NHS since 1948. But 38 Degrees members now have something our MPs don’t – thorough, independent legal advice a ...(more)

Email your MP now

| Speak Out In a few days your MP has to vote on the biggest proposed changes to our NHS since 1948. Thousands of 38 Degrees members have got together to pay for independent expert legal advice a ...(more)

Email Your MP About The NHS In England

| Speak Out In a few days your MP will have the chance to vote on major changes to the NHS in England. If the changes go through, they could set a dangerous precedent that could threaten ...(more)

NHS legal opinion: Email Your Lib Dem MP

| Speak Out UPDATE: Lib Dem MPs are wavering in the face of our new evidence of the threat facing the NHS.
They've called a crunch meeting for Monday afternoon to decide how they vote t ...(more)

NHS vote: email your Lib Dem MP

| Speak Out We've just got hold of an internal letter from health minister Paul Burstow, instructing Lib Dem MPs to ignore our concerns!
The 38 Degrees office team has pulled together ...(more)

NHS: Respond to your MP

| Speak Out Can you email your MP now? 38 Degrees members have been sharing MPs' replies to their emails asking them to vote to protect the NHS. It looks like next week's vote will be very close. ...(more)

Crunch NHS vote: Email your MP

| Speak Out Our MPs are about to vote on the future of our NHS.
This week, anything could happen. So now is the moment is make sure our MPs are in no doubt: we want them to say ...(more)

NHS email your Lib Dem MP

| Speak Out Today's a big day for your MP and our NHS.
Nick Clegg has called crunch talks, because he's worried that Liberal Democrat MPs (including yours) are preparing to revolt and vot ...(more)

Manifesto for Family Justice

| Speak Out Hardliners in the Treasury want to force through huge cuts to legal aid. These new rules could mean some vulnerable families are put in even greater danger. Organisations that sta ...(more)

Robin Hood Tax - Email Your MP

| Speak Out This week, nations including Germany, Brazil and South Africa announced they were backing a Robin Hood Tax. But George Osborne says he wants the UK to play a blocking role.

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NHS: Lansley's secret report

| Speak Out What's Andrew Lansley trying to hide?
For a year health minister Andrew Lansley has been refusing to publish a civil service report on the risks he's taking with the NHS. ...(more)

Don't rip up the climate rulebook

| Speak Out Right now, the UN are holding important world climate talks in South Africa. That means it's a crunch moment on climate change for the government that promised to be the 'greenest ever'.

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Save Legal Aid

| Speak Out Legal aid is under threat. The government is planning to change the rules so legal aid cannot be used to help people challenge welfare benefit decisions when mistakes are made. ...(more)

Put voters in charge of MPs

| Speak Out In a few days we have a chance to persuade MPs to back a new law that would give voters the power to sack MPs who don’t do their job properly. If the vote goes the right way, MPs who ...(more)

Rip-off bills: Contact a boss

| Speak Out The big six gas and electricity companies are feeling the pressure to cut their rip-off prices. Since over 90,000 of us signed a petition demanding they give us a fair deal they've be ...(more)

Cuts to support: email your MP

| Speak Out The government is planning to inflict devastating cuts to support for sick and disabled people. Despite the plans being voted down in the Lords, they are still trying to push through ...(more)

NHS: email your MP today

| Speak Out In the last few days nurses and midwives joined doctors warning of the devastating impact the changes would have on our NHS. But it’s not only health professionals speaking out. Conservative, Lib D ...(more)

NHS email your MP today

| Speak Out The government's plans for the NHS are on the rocks. In the last few days nurses and midwives joined doctors warning of the devastating impact the changes would have on our NHS. But it’s not only ...(more)

Email your MP to protect the NHS

| Speak Out In the last few days nurses and midwives joined doctors warning of the devastating impact the changes would have on our NHS. But it’s not only health professionals speaking out. Conservative ...(more)

Ask your MP to join the Big Switch

| Speak Out Already over 130,000 of us have signed up to switch gas and electricity companies to get a better deal on our bills. Now let’s turn up the heat further, by getting our MPs to sign up in public ...(more)

NHS: Publish the Secret Report

| Speak Out This Wednesday, there is a crunch NHS vote in Parliament. MPs will vote on whether to demand the publication of a secret government report into the risks facing the NHS. That could be ...(more)

Your MP voted to keep NHS risks secret

| Speak Out On Wednesday MPs voted against a motion to force the release of a report into risks facing our NHS if the government goes ahead with its plans.

From your postcode, it looks like your MP cho ...(more)

NHS: Risks report vote

| Speak Out On Wednesday MPs voted against publishing the government's secret risk report. That means MPs might have to decide about the government's plans for the NHS without knowing all the facts.

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Your MP voted to reveal risks to NHS

| Speak Out On Wednesday MPs voted on whether or not to release the government's secret report into risks facing our NHS if the government planned changes go ahead.

From your postcode, ...(more)

Your MP didn't vote on the risk report

| Speak Out On Wednesday MPs voted against a motion to force the release of a report into risks facing our NHS if the government goes ahead with its plans.

From your postcode, it looks like your MP did ...(more)

Write a letter to your local paper

| Speak Out Over 180,000 of us have now signed up to switch our gas and electricity suppliers for a fairer deal. But lots of people still don’t know that they can join us to challenge the power of big gas ...(more)

No tax breaks for the rich

| Speak Out 500 business people have written to the Telegraph requesting that George Osborne scrap the 50p tax rate on the 1% wealthiest earners. While the rest of us are facing massive cuts and ...(more)

NHS: Ask your MP to abandon the plans

| Speak Out It's the moment of truth. Tomorrow evening your MP must decide if they're going to give the government the green light to carry on their dangerous NHS plans.

A people power ...(more)

TEST: Email James Rees

| Speak Out The big six gas and electricity companies are feeling the pressure to cut their rip-off prices. Since over 90,000 of us signed a petition demanding they give us a fair deal they've be ...(more)

Fix London's Childcare

| Speak Out Ask candidates in the London's Mayoral election to provide affordable childcare for all parents in London.

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Legal Aid: email your MP

| Speak Out On Tuesday, MPs will vote on the government's cuts to legal aid. If the vote goes the wrong way, any one of us could lose out on legal advice when we most need it.

Can you ...(more)

Snooping: email your MP

| Speak Out The coalition government want to see details of who we call, text and email, and which websites we visit - without any kind of warrant or reason.
Your MP is in one of the coali ...(more)

Climate speech: Email David Cameron

| Speak Out Behind the scenes in Europe, big decisions are being made about climate change. European leaders are starting to lose their nerve about crucial targets to reduce emissions by 30%.
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Email your MP about snooping plans

| Speak Out The government want to see details of who we call, text and email, and which websites we visit - without any kind of warrant or reason.
David Cameron is deciding whether to pus ...(more)

Internet snooping: email your MP

| Speak Out The government want to see details of who we call, text and email, and which websites we visit - without any kind of warrant or reason.
The next two weeks are crucial. Ed Milib ...(more)

Privacy petition visits: email your MP

| Speak Out The government want to see details of who we call, text and email, and which websites we visit - without any kind of warrant or reason.
Face-to-face meetings with MPs, ...(more)

Ask MPs to Demand More Cake

| Speak Out In just 2 days MPs will vote on whether to demand more cake from Alicia. Rumour has it that the vote will be on a knife edge so it's critical we put as much pressure as possib ...(more)

Clean up the energy bill

| Speak Out Right now, your MP has the rare chance to help save the planet. Just 11 MPs are getting a first look at the government's dangerous new energy plans- and they could propose big changes ...(more)

Demand a Banking Inquiry with Teeth

| Speak Out On Thursday MPs will vote on whether or not to get serious about cleaning up the banking system. They could choose to launch an independent investigation, free from political influence. Or, they could ...(more)

Demand the Banking Inquiry has Teeth

| Speak Out David Cameron has announced an inquiry into what's gone wrong with Britain's banks. But there's a risk that it could turn out to be a political fix rather than a proper investigation ...(more)

Do not use this campaign

| Speak Out The government want to see details of who we call, text and email, and which websites we visit - without any kind of warrant or reason.
The next two weeks are crucial. Ed Milib ...(more)

Nick Clegg: stand strong on climate change

| Speak Out Right now, George Osborne is trying to tear up vital climate targets. But Nick Clegg can stop this happening. He's made a strong public commitment to tackle climate change and he is t ...(more)

Nick Clegg test do not use

| Speak Out The government want to see details of who we call, text and email, and which websites we visit - without any kind of warrant or reason.
The next two weeks are crucial. Ed Milib ...(more)

Let soldier Baleiwai stay

| Speak Out Lance Corporal Baleiwai served in the British army for 13 years, but is now facing being sent back to Fiji, thousands of miles from his wife and children. Before he left the army he ...(more)

Nick Clegg - stand strong on climate change

| Speak Out Right now, George Osborne is trying to tear up vital climate targets. But Nick Clegg can stop this happening. He's made a strong public commitment to tackle climate change and he is t ...(more)

RBS sell-off

| Speak Out The government are planning to sell-off RBS to Saudi Arabia at a loss. This will mean a massive loss for us, the taxpayer, who own the bank.

If MPs hear from thousands of t ...(more)

Snooping: email the committee

| Speak Out In 48 hours a committee of MPs could give the green light to the governments snooping plans. The Committee has been reviewing all of the plans and will reveal soon whether they appro ...(more)

Tax-dodging: 48 hours left

| Speak Out There’s a real risk that HMRC could recommend a weak law that experts say would only tackle a fraction of tax-dodging. As they read the responses to their consultation, there’ll be a pile a mile hi ...(more)

Tax-dodging: 48 hours left.

| Speak Out There’s a real risk that HMRC could recommend a weak law that experts say would only tackle a fraction of tax-dodging. As they read the responses to their consultation, there’ll be a pile a mile hi ...(more)

Tax-dodging: 48 hours left..

| Speak Out There’s a real risk that HMRC could recommend a weak law that experts say would only tackle a fraction of tax-dodging. As they read the responses to their consultation, there’ll be a pile a mile hi ...(more)

Tax-dodging: 48 hours left...

| Speak Out There’s a real risk that HMRC could recommend a weak law that experts say would only tackle a fraction of tax-dodging. As they read the responses to their consultation, there’ll be a pile a mile hi ...(more)

Cheapest Gas and Electricity Deals

| Speak Out Yesterday David Cameron promised to force gas and electricity companies to give all their customers the cheapest deal. Now we need to work together to turn these warm words into real ...(more)

Stop the badger cull

| Speak Out UPDATE - It has just been announced that the badger cull will be postponed till next year. Now is the time to ensure it's stopped completely

This Thursday MPs will vote ...(more)

NHS CCG: Write to your local paper

| Speak Out Let’s make make sure that doctors from every CCG across Somerset know that their local patients want to protect our NHS from privatisation. It's easy to write a letter - just enter your postcode an ...(more)

Email your MP - Leveson

| Speak Out Lord Justice Leveson's report has now been released. If brought in the changes suggested in the report could be the biggest shake up in our media for decades.

Lord Justice ...(more)

Urgent Climate Talks

| Speak Out Breaking News: It looks like crucial decisions about climate change are being hammered out right now. Nick Clegg, David Cameron, George Osborne and the Climate Minister Ed Davey are s ...(more)

Gas and electricity bills breakthrough

| Speak Out Ed Davey, the energy secretary, has laid out plans to make gas and electricity companies automatically switch people to the lowest tariff available to them.

Thousands of 38 ...(more)

Gas and electric bills breakthrough

| Speak Out Ed Davey, the energy secretary, has laid out plans to make gas and electricity companies automatically switch people to the lowest tariff available to them.

Thousands of 38 ...(more)

Gas & electricity bills breakthrough

| Speak Out Ed Davey, the energy secretary, has laid out plans to make gas and electricity companies automatically switch people to the lowest tariff available to them.

Thousands of 38 ...(more)

Email your new police commissioner

| Speak Out Your new police commissioner could be about to decide whether to privatise the police. It's their first few days in the job and one of the big decisions they could be making is whethe ...(more)

Government Snooping: Email your MP

| Speak Out Good news - our opposition to the snoopers' charter is working! A report just released criticised the government’s plans. It was so damning that the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, ...(more)

Private health companies: pay your tax

| Speak Out Private health companies have been lobbying to say they should be able to dodge paying taxes on the profits they make from the NHS. Monitor are the government body in charge of a revi ...(more)

Save our bees

| Speak Out Governments across europe have already banned the pesticides suspected of killing our bees, yet our government refuse to act. This week a new report describes one of these pesticides ...(more)

Jeremy Hunt: Save Lewisham Hospital

| Speak Out Lewisham hospital is in danger. Right now, Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, is considering closing vital hospital services, which could leave 750,000 people with just one A&E betwee ...(more)

No Nuclear Dump in Cumbria

| Speak Out In less than a week, Cumbrian councillors will decide whether to push ahead with investigating sites for a nuclear waste dump in Cumbria. Our 15,000 strong petition opposing the nucle ...(more)

Save Newcastle Libraries

| Speak Out Newcastle's libraries are in danger. Right now, the council are planning to shut 10 of 17 of our local libraries - and close them down for good. The closures will leave thousands of p ...(more)

Save Newcastle's Libraries

| Speak Out Newcastle's libraries are in danger. Right now, the council are planning to shut 10 of 17 of our local libraries - and close them down for good. The closures will leave thousands of p ...(more)

NHS Tax Break: email your MP

| Speak Out Private health companies have been lobbying to say they should be able to dodge paying taxes on the profits they make from the NHS. Monitor is the government body in charge of a revie ...(more)

Secret Courts: Email your MP

| Speak Out Very soon, MPs will be voting on introducing secret courts as part of the Justice and Security Bill. Secret courts would mean the end of our sacred principle that everyone has the right to a fair tria ...(more)

Eastleigh email the candidates

| Speak Out The Eastleigh by-election will be decided on the 28th February. Fourteen candidates are standing in the race to become your next MP.

Local 38 Degrees members have said i ...(more)

Energy Bill: email your MP

| Speak Out Right now, plans are going through parliament about the future of our energy. But George Osborne is blocking a crucial element: a watertight target for the UK to produce carbon-free e ...(more)

Email Maria Hutchings

| Speak Out The Eastleigh by-election will be decided on the 28th February. 38 Degrees is co-hosting a hustings with One Community so local members can push the candidates to say where they stan ...(more)

Broken NHS Promises: Email your MP

| Speak Out Some Labour, Lib Dem and Green MPs have tabled a motion demanding NHS privatisation plans be immediately withdrawn. We need to get lots more MPs to sign the motion as quickly as possi ...(more)

Climate Week: Email your MP

| Speak Out Right now, the government is finalising a new law – the Energy Bill – that will decide the future of Britain’s energy supply.

Leading MPs have set up an Early Day Motion and ame
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Bees: urgent vote

| Speak Out Tomorrow, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson will be in Europe voting on whether to suspend the use of pesticides which are being blamed for killing our bees.Right now he is planning ...(more)

Testing Tweet Redirect

| Speak Out Private health companies have been lobbying to say they should be able to dodge paying taxes on the profits they make from the NHS. Monitor are the government body in charge of a revi ...(more)

Fire Sale: email Eric Pickles MP

| Speak Out Last month Eric Pickles said in a local paper that the government wouldn't privatise the fire service. But there has been no formal confirmation from government since.

Un ...(more)

Complain about the Daily Mail

| Speak Out This week the Daily Mail published an article linking the manslaughter of six children with people living on benefits in the UK. It contained dangerous stereotypes about people living ...(more)

Michael Gove: keep climate change in the curriculum

| Speak Out In a few days, Michael Gove and the government will decide whether to keep teaching our children about climate change - or not. The consultation closes on April 16th, so we only have ...(more)

TEST variable passing

| Speak Out In a few hours MPs will vote on whether to ban the cruel use of wild animals by circuses. If the vote goes the right way, it would be a massive step towards ending this cruel and outd ...(more)

London MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

South East MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

South West MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

Eastern MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

East Midlands MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

West Midlands MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

Yorkshire & Humber MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

North East MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

North West MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

Wales MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

Scottish MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

Northern Ireland MEPs: fix the carbon market

| Speak Out In a few days MEPs will vote on the future of an important EU tool which controls how much carbon industries can put into the atmosphere. MEPs have a vital decision to make. They coul ...(more)

NPower customer? Tell their CEO what you think about tax dodging

| Speak Out If you're an Npower customer, write to them to tell them how you feel about their tax avoidance plans.
Click 'get started' to write your letter.

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Privacy: Email Your MP

| Speak Out Right now the government is deciding what laws should be in The Queen's Speech. The snooping plan is one of them.

If thousands of us write to our MPs asking them to tell ...(more)

Save Hull's Nursery schools

| Speak Out Right now Hull City Council are considering closing two brilliant nursery schools in Hull, Clifton and Lambert.

We can still save them, but we're running out of time - ...(more)

PRIVACY - Thank your MP

| Speak Out Great news! We've stopped the government's plan to spy on everyone's internet use. Late yesterday, Nick Clegg announced he won't allow the 'snoopers' charter' to go ahead.

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Social Proof dev (DO NOT USE)

| Speak Out Right now the government is deciding what laws should be in The Queen's Speech. The snooping plan is one of them.

If thousands of us write to our MPs asking them to tell ...(more)

Test Social

| Speak Out Right now the government is deciding what laws should be in The Queen's Speech. The snooping plan is one of them.

If thousands of us write to our MPs asking them to tell ...(more)

NPower: Tell the CEO what you think

| Speak Out Tell Npower how you feel about their tax avoidance plans.

Click 'get started' to write your letter.

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Stop pension discrimination

| Speak Out Next week, same-sex couples become equal - well, nearly. They'll finally be able to get married - but pension companies can still discriminate against them just because they're not in a mixed- ...(more)

Save our seabirds: urgent meeting

| Speak Out Over 4,000 birds have died in the aftermath of the latest incident involving polyisobutene (PIB). A simple change to maritime law could put an end to the carnage this chemical has been causing ...(more)

End pension discrimination

| Speak Out Next week, same-sex couples become equal - well, nearly. They'll finally be able to get married - but pension companies can still discriminate against them just because they're not in a mixed- ...(more)