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Invite Simon Stevens to meet 38 Degrees members

| Speak Out NHS England have announced they're committed to transparency. And they've agreed to publish, for the first time, details of top NHS bosses' meetings with private companies. That’s a big step in the ri ...(more)

Barclays: rule out trashing the Great Barrier Reef

| Speak Out After thousands of tweets from 38 Degrees members, Barclays have said they "have no plans" to invest in the huge coal port at Abbot Point on the Great Barrier Reef - but we haven't seen an official st ...(more)

eBay: STILL selling bee-killing pesticides

| Speak Out eBay are STILL selling illegal bee-killer pesticides, despite assuring 38 Degrees members two days ago that eBay enforce the European ban on the pesticides, and would be taking all of them dow ...(more)

Matalan: Pay the compensation you owe

| Speak Out Last year Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing 1000 garment workers. Other companies involved in the collapse are paying compensation to the victims families, but Matalan have s ...(more)

Gagging Law- write to your local paper

| Speak Out MPs are already thinking about how they're going to vote at the next stage of the gagging law. A law that would mean ordinary people, campaigning groups and charities would be severely restric ...(more)

Gagging Law: email local papers in Sheffield Hallam

| Speak Out There have been some amazing headlines in the national papers this week, criticising the government’s gagging law. So now, lets make it big news in your local newspaper too.

MPs re
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Gagging Law - write to local papers

| Speak Out There have been some amazing headlines in the national papers this week, criticising the government’s gagging law. So now, lets make it big news in your local newspaper too.

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Gagging Law: Write to the North Devon Journal

| Speak Out Last week Nick Harvey MP wrote a piece in the North Devon journal about 38 Degrees' campaign against the gagging law. He claims the 38 Degrees campaign has gotten "the wrong end of the stick" and that ...(more)

Tell your local paper about the hand in

| Speak Out Thanks for signing up to help with the petition hand-in with your local MP. Now why not tell the local newspaper about the event and see if they will send down a journalist to cover it?

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Write to the Henley Standard

| Speak Out Last week Nick Harvey MP wrote a piece in the North Devon journal about 38 Degrees' campaign against the gagging law. He claims the 38 Degrees campaign has gotten "the wrong end of the stick" and that ...(more)

Write to your local paper

| Speak Out Is there an issue you care about that you want to tell people in your area about too? Do you want to make your MP pay attention to a burning local issue? Writing a letter to your local paper i ...(more)

Write to your MP

| Speak Out Is there an issue you care about that you want to discuss with your MP? Do you want to make your MP pay attention to a burning local matter? Writing a letter to your MP will only take a few mi ...(more)

Write to your MSP

| Speak Out Is there an issue you care about that you want to discuss with your MSP? Do you want to make your MSP pay attention to a burning local issue? Writing a letter to your MSP is free and will only ...(more)

Write to the local paper in Monmouth

| Speak Out Your MP, David Davies, is still refusing to come to a public meeting - after he criticised our people-powered movement in Parliament.

If we can fill your local paper with scores of letters f ...(more)

Join the vote local media

| Speak Out Volunteers across the country are registering people to vote between April 26th to May 3rd.

If you're taking part in Join the Vote write to your local paper to talk about volunteering in y ...(more)

Gagging law: write to papers

| Speak Out MPs are our representatives in parliament. It's important their constituents are at the front of their mind when they vote in the Commons.

Let's get their latest vote on the gagging
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Write to your councillor

| Speak Out Is there an issue you care about that you want to tell people in your area about too? Do you want to make your council pay attention to a burning local issue? Writing a letter to your councill ...(more)

Save Cornwall's Libraries

| Speak Out Cornwall’s youngest 38 Degrees campaigner, 10 year old Leon, has been running an amazing campaign to stop cuts to libraries in Cornwall. He was due to represent over 5,000 of us at the next council de ...(more)

Sports Direct: Stop unfair zero hours contracts

| Speak Out It has been revealed 90% of Sports Direct employees are on unfair zero hours contracts. Can you take 2 minutes now to email the Sports Direct bosses and ask them to give employees the choice o ...(more)

Chloe Smith: don't gag campaigners

| Speak Out The government’s rushing through a new law which, if it passes, will stop us running the type of campaigns which have made us who we are during the year leading up to elections. Put simply, th ...(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)

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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ENERGY BILL: write to your local paper

| Speak Out In 2030, what will be keeping our lights on? Our energy future is a £25bn question - and on June 4th, MPs will vote on the answer.

We need 25 more MPs to ...(more)

Gagging Law: Government Amendments are Inadequate

| Speak Out The government’s plan to silence criticism is whizzing through parliament. Alongside other organisations - from Oxfam to the Countryside Alliance - 38 Degrees members have been turning up the pressure ...(more)

GAGGING LAW: charities are dead against

| Speak Out The government’s plan to silence criticism is whizzing through parliament. Alongside other organisations - from Oxfam to the Countryside Alliance - 38 Degrees members have been turning up the pressure ...(more)

Sarah Teather: Will you keep your promise?

| Speak Out In letters to constituents Sarah Teather MP promised she'd vote against the gagging law unless the government made big changes.

Now it's become clear that the government's new version of ...(more)

Paul Burstow: Our concerns remain

| Speak Out In letters to constituents Paul Burstow MP said he'd scrutinise government amendments to the gagging law before deciding how to vote.

Now it's become clear that the government's new versi ...(more)

Adrian Sanders: Will you keep your word?

| Speak Out In letters to constituents Adrian Sanders MP said he wouldn't support the gagging law unless the government made big changes.

Now it's become clear that the government's new version of th ...(more)

Alan Beith: will you keep your word?

| Speak Out In letters to constituents Alan Beith promised he'd vote against the gagging law unless the government made big changes.

Now it's become clear that the government's new version of the gag ...(more)

Julian Huppert: The Gagging law's still unsatisfactory

| Speak Out In letters to constituents Julian Huppert MP promised he'd vote against the gagging law unless the government made big changes.

Now it's become clear that the government's new version of ...(more)

John Pugh MP: The government haven't kept their word

| Speak Out In letters to constituents John Pugh MP promised he'd vote against the gagging law unless the government made big changes.

Now it's become clear that the government's new version of the g ...(more)

Stephen Williams: will you keep your word?

| Speak Out In letters to constituents Stephen Williams MP promised he'd vote against the gagging law unless the government made big changes.

Now it's become clear that the government's new version o ...(more)

Roger Williams MP: change your mind

| Speak Out In letters to constituents Roger Williams MP said he might re-consider his support for the gagging law if the third sector wasn't satisfied.

Now it's become clear that the government's ne ...(more)

Stephen Williams: Don't cancel the public meeting

| Speak Out Stephen Williams MP, has pulled out of attending the public meeting on the gagging law next Thursday the 17th.

It’s disappointing news. 38 Degrees members have done a great job of pre ...(more)

fighting the UK gagging law

| Speak Out Tomorrow, MPs will vote on new government plans to gag charities and campaigners from working during elections. If the plans go through, from next May 38 Degrees and a whole host of o ...(more)

gagging bill myths and facts

| Speak Out Tomorrow, MPs will vote on new government plans to gag charities and campaigners from working during elections. If the plans go through, from next May 38 Degrees and a whole host of o ...(more)

Gagging Law: 'myths' and facts

| Speak Out On Tuesday, MPs will vote for a second time on the government's gagging law. At the last vote, as the Daily Telegraph put it, the government were given a "rough ride". 7 coalition MPs ...(more)

Gagging Law: email your MP

| Speak Out In just over two weeks, MPs have their final vote on the gagging law - a law that would mean ordinary people, campaigning groups and charities would be severely restricted in how they can camp ...(more)

Fight the UK Gagging Law

| Speak Out In just over two weeks, MPs have their final vote on the gagging law - a law that would mean ordinary people, campaigning groups and charities would be severely restricted in how they can camp ...(more)

Fighting the UKs gagging law

| Speak Out In just over two weeks, MPs have their final vote on the gagging law - a law that would mean ordinary people, campaigning groups and charities would be severely restricted in how they can camp ...(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.


MPs are reaching the end o ...(more)

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
Click here for the latest update

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.

La

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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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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.

Around £1 bi

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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.

If you want to contact your MP about something you care about, our system will make it re ...(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)

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.

...(more)

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'.

...(more)

Tell Nick Clegg to take a stand on climate change

| Speak Out Update: This is no longer a live campaign

Nick Clegg promised that the government would be "the greenest ever". We must ensure that Liberal Democrats don't vote to li ...(more)

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 UPDATE: THIS IS NO LONGER A LIVE CAMPAIGN

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 do
...(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 UPDATE: THIS IS NO LONGER A LIVE CAMPAIGN

The government is planning to inflict devastating cuts to support for sick and disabled people
. Despite the ...(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.

...(more)

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.

...(more)

Legal Aid: email your MP

| Speak Out UPDATE: THIS IS NO LONGER A LIVE CAMPAIGN

On Tuesday, MPs will vote on the government's cuts to legal aid.
If the vote goes the wrong way, any one of ...(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%.
...(more)

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

UPDATE: THIS CAMPAIGN IS NO LONGER LIVE


Yesterday David Cameron promised to force gas and electricity companies to give all their customers the cheapest d
...(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 Update: This is no longer a live campaign

Breaking News: It looks like crucial decisions about climate change are being hammered out right now.
Nick ...(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)

Stand up to Trump: Email Alex Salmond

| Speak Out

UPDATE: THIS CAMPAIGN IS NO LONGER LIVE


On Friday, Trump splashed two full-page adverts in Scottish newspapers linking new wind farms to the Lockerbie dis
...(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

UPDATE: THIS CAMPAIGN IS NO LONGER LIVE


Very soon, MPs will be voting on introducing secret courts as part of the Justice and Security Bill. Secret courts would m ...(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

UPDATE: THIS CAMPAIGN IS NO LONGER LIVE


Right now, plans are going through parliament about the future of our energy. But George Osborne is blocking a cru
...(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
...(more)

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.

...(more)

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.

...(more)

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.

...(more)

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)

Fine the price fixers BP and Shell

| Speak Out Shocking news - oil giants have been lying about the price of petrol for ten years. Last week, head offices of BP and Shell were raided for rigging prices and ripping us off.

...(more)

Test fun

| 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)

WRITE IN TO SAVE LEGAL AID

| Speak Out It’s crunch time for our campaign to stop justice secretary Chris Grayling’s plans to limit access to legal aid. We've got just a few days left until the consultation closes. Can you ...(more)

Climate vote: make sure your MP turns up

| Speak Out Todays vote is the best chance yet to tackle climate change - but the vote for a clean energy target is on a knife edge. Over 300 MPs have said they'll vote the right way - but that' ...(more)

Badgers: Please email your MP

| Speak Out On Wednesday MPs can vote to stop the badger cull. Although not legally binding, it’s our last chance. If we cause a big enough MP backlash, across all political parties, it could be ...(more)

Energy Bill - Your MP voted the wrong way

| Speak Out Bad news. A slim majority of MPs voted against including a vital clean energy target in the Energy Bill. And your MP was one of them.

We need to show the MPs who lost us the vote that we ...(more)

Energy Bill - Thank You

| Speak Out By a very narrow margin, MPs voted against including a clean energy target in the Energy Bill. It's a blow - but the good news is that your MP bucked the trend to vote in favour of ...(more)

Energy Bill Win - Thank You

| Speak Out Great news! MPs just voted to include a clean energy target in the Energy Bill. We need to show MPs that we noticed which way they vote. Can you take 2 mins now to email your MP and thank them ...(more)

Energy Bill Win - Your MP voted the wrong way

| Speak Out Great news! MPs just voted to include a clean energy target in the Energy Bill. Unfortunately your MP voted against making sure that the Energy Bill is clean as it should be.

We need to sh ...(more)

Energy Bill - why did your MP break their promise?

| Speak Out Unbelievably, your MP didn't turn up to the vote on the clean energy target - despite saying they supported it and would be voting in favour. When the vote happened, the energy bill target was voted d ...(more)

ENERGY BILL - why didn't your MP show up?

| Speak Out Your MP is one of 27 Labour MPs who didn't turn up to vote on a clean energy target in parliament on Tuesday. If they'd all turned up, we would have won.

Not a single Labour MP present on ...(more)

Email the party leaders now

| Speak Out “Aggressive tax avoidance†- that's what MPs had to say about Google's approach to UK tax. Google is the focus of the latest stinging attack on big companies paying tiny amounts of tax. Across ...(more)

RBS: full review

| Speak Out Can you take two mins now to ask your MP to pressure George Osborne to listen to the experts and support a full review of the RBS sell-off? Enter your postcode on below to get started.
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Government: don't spy on us

| Speak Out Revelations have been splashed across the papers that GCHQ, a British intelligence agency, has been spying on millions of phone calls, emails, facebook updates and more. For the last ...(more)

TF DEV DO NOT USE

| Speak Out Revelations have been splashed across the papers that GCHQ, a British intelligence agency, has been spying on millions of phone calls, emails, facebook updates and more. For the last ...(more)

Save Hull's nurseries

| 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)

Jeremy Hunt: Train Healthcare Assistants

| Speak Out Without the 1.3 million healthcare assistants, who wash, dress and feed those in need, the NHS just couldn’t function. But at the moment some of them are doing their job without even basic training. A ...(more)

Michael Gove: Free School Meals

| Speak Out It’s working. There’s been a big step forward in our campaign to make sure children living in poverty get free school meals. Today the government’s own advisors recommended just that!

But ...(more)

Freedom Pass for All Pupils in Kent

| Speak Out This year, young people will be legally required to stay on in education past 16. But discounted school bus travel in Kent - the Freedom Pass - still stops after GCSEs.

Please take two ...(more)

Lobbying register

| Speak Out MPs have the chance to ensure that there are strong rules around lobbying. If MPs do the right thing, it would go a long way towards ending secretive lobbying.

However ther ...(more)

PRACTICE DAY PHOTO

| 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)

practice-david-twitter

| 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)

SUZY PRACTICE sports direct

| 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)

Megan Practice Twitter

| 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)

Air quality consultation

| Speak Out The government is trying to push through damaging changes which remove all responsibility for local authorities to measure air quality and declare where it is a problem. If the govern ...(more)

Nick Clegg: Stand up for Syria

| Speak Out Next month Nick Clegg will be addressing the UN General Assembly. Right now he's planning what to say, so lets make his speech about Syria, and the need to protect aid workers in the ...(more)

TEST DOM rearrange

| 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)

Gagging Law: thank your MP

| Speak Out Last Tuesday we only lost the vote on some vital parts of the Gagging Law by 16 votes, thanks to a number of Conservative MPs going against the party line and voting against parts of the bill. ...(more)

John Hemming: public meeting?

| Speak Out Right now 38 Degrees is targeting key MPs to try and change their vote on the gagging law.

MPs are signing up to attend public meetings with their constituents about the gagging law
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Gagging Law: email your councillors

| Speak Out 38 Degrees members have written thousands of emails to MPs, and earlier this week we filled local papers inboxes with peoples views as part of the campaign to put pressure on key Liberal Democrat MPs ...(more)

Chloe Smith: come to a meeting

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Your MP, Chloe Smith, is one of the ministers responsible for the gagging law. We’ve got less than two weeks to try and persuade her to do the right thing and drop it. 38 Degrees
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Lorely Burt: Come to a meeting

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Right now 38 Degrees members are targeting key MPs to try and change their vote on the gagging law.

MPs are signing up to attend public meetings with their constituents
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Adrian Sanders: Come to a meeting

| Speak Out

Right now 38 Degrees members are targeting key MPs to try and change their vote on the gagging law.

MPs are signing up to attend public meetings with their constituents
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John Leech: Public meeting

| Speak Out

Right now 38 Degrees members are targeting key MPs to try and change their vote on the gagging law.

MPs are signing up to attend public meetings with their constituents
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Chloe Smith Smears Rebuttal

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Chloe Smith is clearly feeling the heat about the gagging law. She is one of the government ministers in charge of pushing the gagging law through. Yesterday she emailed 38 Degree
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Gagging Law:thank you for voting

| Speak Out Last Wednesday, MPs had their final vote on the gagging law before it heads to the House of Lords. There were three important votes, two for amendments to curb the damage the bill wou ...(more)

Respond to your MP

| Speak Out 38 Degrees is proud to be independent of all political parties. Recently a number of Conservative MPs have been implying that 38 Degrees is affiliated with the Labour party. T ...(more)

Email Sheffield Hallam Councillors

| Speak Out Hundreds of us have emailed your MP Nick Clegg to ask him to attend a public meeting on the gagging law. But so far, we haven’t had a response.

But there’s one area of pressure that 38 De ...(more)

Email Councillors in Sheffield Hallam

| Speak Out Last week hundreds of 38 Degrees members in Sheffield Hallam emailed their Lib Dem councillors, asking them to take concerns about the gagging law to Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg.

Unfor ...(more)

Government Surveillance: Tell your MP to attend the debate

| Speak Out On Thursday, MPs have the chance to debate GCHQ surveillance for the first time since The Guardian revealed the extent of government spying in the UK. But for the debate to be worthwhile and h ...(more)

Save Banes CAB

| Speak Out Bath council are planning to cut the CAB’s funding by 60% which would be catastrophic for local people.

The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) is where vulnerable people go for help and advice ...(more)

Mike Weatherley: Come to a meeting

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Right now 38 Degrees members are stepping up the pressure on key MPs , asking them to stand against the gagging law.

MPs are signing up to attend public meetings with t
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Gagging Law - Matthew Offord: Come to a meeting

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Right now 38 Degrees members are stepping up the pressure on key MPs , asking them to stand against the gagging law.

MPs are signing up to attend public meetings with t
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Gagging law: Email Witney Councillors

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Can you invite councillors in Witney to come to a briefing on the gagging law? Lots of local councillors won’t have had the opportunity to get their head around the consequences of the gag ...(more)

Update your MP about the gagging law

| Speak Out The gagging law will be heading back to the house of commons very soon.

Recently an important independent commission has released a highly critical report about the law and ...(more)

GAGGING LAW - change Nick Harvey's mind

| Speak Out Nick Harvey, has written a response to the letters 38 Degrees members sent to the North Devon Journal with concerns about the gagging law a few weeks ago.

He said that he wants our politica ...(more)

Gagging Law: email councillors

| Speak Out 38 Degrees members have written thousands of emails to MPs, and last week we filled local papers inboxes with peoples concerns about the gagging law as part of the campaign to put pressure on key MPs ...(more)

GAGGING LAW: Email Westmorland and Lonsdale councillors

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Can you invite councillors in Westmorland and Lonsdale to come to a briefing on the gagging law? Lots of local councillors won’t have had the opportunity to get their head around the conse ...(more)

thank Caroline Lucas for attending the gagging law event

| Speak Out At 8pm on 9th January 38 degrees members are hosting a giant public event around the gagging law in Brighton.

All three local MPs have been invited. Caroline Lucas MP (Brighto ...(more)

THANK Simon Kirby FOR ATTENDING THE GAGGING LAW EVENT

| Speak Out At 8pm on 9th January 38 degrees members are hosting a giant public event around the gagging law in Brighton.

All three local MPs have been invited. Caroline Lucas MP (Brighto ...(more)

invite mike weatherley to the gagging law event

| Speak Out At 8pm on 9th January 38 degrees members are hosting a giant public event around the gagging law in Brighton.

All three local MPs have been invited. Caroline Lucas MP (Brighto ...(more)

Brighton Gagging Law Event

| Speak Out At 8pm on 9th January 38 degrees members are hosting a giant public event around the gagging law in Brighton.

All three local MPs have been invited. Caroline Lucas MP (Brighto ...(more)

GAGGING LAW: Email Eastleigh councillors

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Can you invite councillors in Eastleigh to come to a briefing on the gagging law? Lots of local councillors won’t have had the opportunity to get their head around the consequences of the ...(more)

Nuclear Waste Disposal Consulation

| Speak Out Earlier in the year, thousands of 38 Degrees members came together to stop the government dumping nuclear waste in the Lake District. Now, the government are trying to change the rules so tha ...(more)

Nuclear Waste Disposal

| Speak Out Earlier in the year, thousands of 38 Degrees members came together to stop the government dumping nuclear waste in the Lake District. Now, the government are trying to change the rules so that ...(more)

Invite Stroud Councillors

| Speak Out

Can you invite councillors in Stroud to come to a public meeting about the gagging law? Lots of councillors won’t have had the opportunity to get their head around the consequences of the ...(more)

Mike Thornton - Please read the commission report

| Speak Out The gagging law will be heading back to the house of commons very soon.

Recently an important independent commission has released a highly critical report about the law and ...(more)

Brighton Councillors: oppose the gagging law

| Speak Out Councillors in Brighton and Hove council have a chance to vote to oppose the gagging law.

This could spark other councils to do the same, sending a strong message to the government that or ...(more)

Witney Councillors: oppose the gagging law

| Speak Out Councillors in West Oxfordshire District council have a chance to vote to oppose the gagging law.

This comes after Brighton and Hove council passed a similar motion in December. It will se ...(more)

Don't reverse Lords' amendments

| Speak Out The House of Lords have vote ...(more)

Caroline Lucas: don't reverse Lords' amendments

| Speak Out The House of Lords have vote ...(more)

David Cameron: Don't reverse Lords' amendments

| Speak Out The House of Lords have vote ...(more)

Gagging Law: write to your MP

| Speak Out On Wednesday the House of Commons voted to reverse positive changes to the Lobbying Bill made by the House of Lords. Can you write to your MP now in response to how they voted?

En
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Ed Miliband: Promise to scrap the gagging law

| Speak Out The lobbying bill is now due to become law after a final vote in the House of Lords this week. Can you email Ed Miliband now and ask him to promise that Labour will reverse this shoddy law sho ...(more)

Zero Hours Public Consultation

| Speak Out On the 13th March, the government's public consultation on zero hours contracts will close. There are only a few days left to tell business minister, Vince Cable how these contracts s ...(more)

NHS: Hospital closure clause

| Speak Out Next week MPs will be voting on the Hospital Cl ...(more)

MPs: Fix the hospital closure clause

| Speak Out Next week MPs will be voting on the Hospital Cl ...(more)

Fix the hospital closure clause

| Speak Out Next week MPs will be voting on the Hospital Cl ...(more)

NHS: Fix the hospital closure clause

| Speak Out Next week MPs will be voting on the hospital cl ...(more)

Hospital Closure Clause Amendment

| Speak Out Next week MPs will be voting on the hospital cl ...(more)

Paul Burstow: Thank you!

| Speak Out Next week MPs will be voting on the Hospital ...(more)

Scotland fracking

| Speak Out On Monday, MSPs will vote on whether to have 'buffer zones' between people's homes and unconventional gas projects. If the vote goes the right way, it would be a massive step forward ...(more)

Save the Wheatsheaf

| Speak Out The council are deciding whether or not to protect the status of the Wheatsheaf pub. They could change the legal status of the pub to make it much harder for developers or supermarke ...(more)

Make renting better: email the consultation

| Speak Out We’ve got until tomorrow before an important consultation to improve private renting closes. Please click here to write into the consultation and get behind the government's plans to improve p ...(more)

Ask David Davies MP to attend a public meeting in Monmouth

| Speak Out 38 Degrees members in Monmouth voted to have a public meeting to discuss their MP David Davies' comments about 38 Degrees. So far he's to refused to meet with us, but if enough of hi ...(more)

Air pollution: Tell the government to clean up its act

| Speak Out The air is so dirty in large parts of the UK, that the government’s been taken to court. They’ve failed to meet even minimum EU standards for clean air.

Together, 38 Degrees members
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Convince Ed Miliband to scrap the gagging law

| Speak Out Political parties are deciding now what to include in their manifestos. MPs will influence what's included, so hearing from all their constituents that the gagging law must be repealed will be ...(more)

Betting Shops

| Speak Out 63 local councils are pushing the government to change planning laws so local councils and people can have a say in betting shop applications. Eric Pickles, the minister responsible f ...(more)

Ed Miliband: when will you scrap the gagging law

| Speak Out Ed Miliband knows that 38 Degrees members want Labour to scrap the gagging law, but he still hasn't acted. Can you email him now and ask him to promise that Labour will reverse this shoddy law ...(more)

Ask Mike Kane to convince Ed Miliband to scrap the gagging law

| Speak Out Political parties are deciding now what to include in their manifestos. MPs will influence what's included, so hearing from all their constituents that the gagging law must be repealed will be ...(more)

Call for a review of Zero Hours contracts in Northern Ireland

| Speak Out One in twenty workers in Northern Ireland are on a zero hours contract, with no guarantee of work from week to week. Stormont employment minister, Stephen Farry, wants a public consultation to stop em ...(more)

Lib Dems: listen to us on public services

| Speak Out The Lib Dems are deciding what will go in their manifesto for the next election. And right now, they're focusing on public services. Should they be privatised? Does transparency matter? How ab ...(more)

Stop zero hours contracts being forced on jobseekers

| Speak Out The government wants to force jobseekers to take zero hours contracts - even though they offer no job security and no guaranteed hours.

Please email Employment Minister Esther McVey
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Keep profit out of child protection

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THIS CONSULTATION HAS NOW CLOSED

Protecting children is one of the most difficult and sensitive roles for a government to perform, but education secretary Michael Gove is consulting on whethe ...(more)

meps test

| 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)

No trespassing rights for fracking companies

| Speak Out Today the government is bringing forward a bill that gives energy companies the right to frack under our land without our permission. Together we can show the government how unpopular their pl ...(more)

Ask your MP to sign the Early Day Motion supporting real recall

| Speak Out The government has announced a new law on recall. But as suspected, it’s a fudge. A group of MPs have started an Early Day Motion - a petition for MPs - which would prove how many are on side. ...(more)

RECALL - Thank MPs supporting EDM

| Speak Out The government has announced a new law on recall. But as suspected, it’s a fudge. A group of MPs have started an Early Day Motion - a petition for MPs - which would prove how many are on side. ...(more)

Recall-QS-Mike Kane

| Speak Out The government has announced a new law on recall. But as suspected, it’s a fudge. A group of MPs have started an Early Day Motion - a petition for MPs - which would prove how many are on side. ...(more)

Zero hours contracts Northern Ireland consultation

| Speak Out Employment Minister Stephen Farry MLA has opened a consultation on zero hours contracts.

These contracts offer no security for the nearly 30,000 people in Northern Irela ...(more)

HMRC data sharing: come to a roundtable

| Speak Out HMRC are ploughing ahead with plans to open up our tax data - and possibly sell it off. 38 Degrees members handed in a 260,000-strong petition back in May, but HMRC's response has bee ...(more)

Ask your MP to support our campaign against tax data sell off

| Speak Out In the coming weeks 38 Degrees will be meeting with HMRC to tell them that they can't sell off our private tax data. If we are able to get enough MPs on side with 38 Degrees we wil ...(more)

TEST - Add Text

| 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)

MPs: Vote to amend the Privacy Bill

| Speak Out In less than 24 hours, MPs will vote through a new law forcing internet and phone companies to keep records of all your calls, emails and texts.
Party leaders have already decid ...(more)

Emergency Legislation passed

| Speak Out The emergency law forcing internet and phone companies to keep records of all your calls, texts and emails was approved by MPs.

Whichever way your MP voted, you might want to ta
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TEST - Custom MP Config

| 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)

Share your thoughts on Gaza with Philip Hammond

| Speak Out The government should hear what we expect of them in response to the fighting in Israel and Gaza. 38 Degrees members don’t normally write directly to the foreign secretary, but with the death toll inc ...(more)

Install a pedestrian crossing on Havant Road

| Speak Out Portsmouth County Council: please install a pedestrian crossing on Havant Road - a main road used daily by a lot of children and their parents as their main walking route to the two primary sc ...(more)

Tell your local newspaper what Matalan's done

| Speak Out £60,000. Revealed: that’s what clothing giant Matalan have paid in official compensation to the survivors of the Rana Plaza factory collapse. This is just a fraction of the £3m that 38 Degrees ...(more)

Matalan: Email the bosses and advisers now

| Speak Out £60,000. Revealed: that’s what it looks like clothing giant Matalan have paid in official compensation to the survivors of the Rana Plaza factory collapse. This is just a fraction of ...(more)

Email the government's fracking consultation

| Speak Out The government is trying to change the law so fracking companies can drill under our homes, without our permission. They’re consulting on the plan right now - so let’s flood it with opposition ...(more)

Change the bedroom tax

| Speak Out On 5th September, MPs have the chance to vote to scrap some of the worst parts of the bedroom tax. If the vote goes the right way, it would protect most families, especially the mos ...(more)

Puppy farming debate: Tell your MP to attend

| Speak Out On 4th September, MPs could take a stand against the cruel conditions many young pets are sold in. There’s a debate in parliament that could kickstart a ban on puppy and kitten farms.

Unles ...(more)

Child Protection: keep it as a public service

| Speak Out Some of the most vulnerable children in our society are being failed by our government. The recent news of the child abuse scandal in Rotherham shows this. But instead of striving to improve child pro ...(more)

Bedroom Tax : TEST

| 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)

Bedroom Tax: pledge to change it

| Speak Out On Friday MPs voted to scrap the worst parts of the bedroom tax. But this was just the first stage of making this law. There are still more votes to come.

To make sure MPs ...(more)

UK Government: Stop CETA

| Speak Out There's a new trade deal in town. It's called the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), it's between Canada and the EU, and if it passes this week it'll completely undermine over 50,000 m ...(more)

Ask your MP to support a law that lets voters sack bad MPs

| Speak Out The government has released their law that allows MPs to be sacked. But it's a fudge. It puts parliament in charge of sacking MPs and not voters.

Together, we have the power to put v
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Invite your MP to the 38 Degrees Recall event

| Speak Out Last week the government announced their Recall Law. But it's a fudge - it puts MPs in charge of sacking MPs, not voters!

38 Degrees members have already paid for and helped write
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Tell your MP your thoughts about UK air strikes

| Speak Out On Friday, MPs will vote on whether or not to start UK air strikes in Iraq, against the group known as the Islamic State.

Whatever your view, this is the moment to tell your MP how
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Scotland devolution commission

| Speak Out The Smith Commission was set up after the referendum to organise the devolution of powers to Scotland. It’s now inviting members of the public to submit their views.This is your chanc ...(more)

Email your MEP about TTIP

| Speak Out Soon MEPs will vote on TTIP. Can you take 2 minutes now to email your MEP and ask them which way they're planning to vote?

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Ask your MP to vote for real recall

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Email David Cameron for Mohammad Asghar

| Speak Out Mohammad, the Edinburgh grandad on death row for ‘blasphemy’, is in a critical condition. He’s been shot by his prison guard and cannot be kept safe in Pakistan. Today, Jasmine, Mohammad’s dau ...(more)

Conservative candidates: Where do they stand?

| Speak Out Everyone in Rochester and Strood is being asked to choose the Conservative Party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election, in something called an 'open primary'.

Whatever party you p
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Conservative candidates: what do they think?

| Speak Out Everyone in Rochester and Strood is being asked to choose the Conservative Party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election, in something called an 'open primary'.

Whatever party you p
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Save Good Hope Hospital services

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Andrew Mitchell MP is chairing a public debate about proposed cuts to Good Hope Hospital tomorrow. This is our opportunity to prove the strength of public opposition to cuts to

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Ask the EU Commission President-elect to remove ISDS from TTIP

| Speak Out The new EU Commission President, Juncker, is hinting that ISDS - the bit that allows corporations to sue governments - could be removed. But our government is fighting to keep it in. Right now, we nee ...(more)

EU Commission President-elect: remove ISDS from TTIP

| Speak Out The new EU Commission President, Juncker, is hinting that ISDS - the bit that allows corporations to sue governments - could be removed. But our government is fighting to keep it in. Right now, we nee ...(more)

Ask the new EU Commission President to remove ISDS from TTIP

| Speak Out The new EU Commission President, Juncker, is hinting that ISDS - the bit that allows corporations to sue governments - could be removed. But our government is fighting to keep it in. Right now, we nee ...(more)

Sports Direct: write to your local paper

| Speak Out Sports Direct were one of the worst abusers of zero hours contracts. But pressure from 38 Degrees members has forced the retail giant to make changes so that its 20,000 zero hours staff will g ...(more)

Ask Lord Smith for a meeting on Scottish Devolution

| Speak Out The Smith Commission was set up after the referendum to deliver new powers to Scotland. Lord Smith says that along with the Government and political parties, he wants to hear from the public. ...(more)

Tell Glasgow City Council: Save Victoria Park

| Speak Out On October 30th councillors in Glasgow will attend a planning committee meeting that could decide whether or not Victoria Park should be sold off to commercial interests.

Can you e
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