Speak Out
Tell your candidates to oppose student fee hikes
Last year, we acted to prevent student fee hikes. Together, we achieved commitments from hundreds of MPs. Now we need your help to make other politicians listen and act. With many MPs step...(more)
Reduce the gap between rich and poor
In the UK today, there's a big gap between rich and poor. The richest 10% of society are more than a hundred times as wealthy as the poorest 10%. [1] In unequal societies...(more)
Hung Parliament: Bust the Myths
The media is full of scare stories about what a hung parliament would mean. The Sun is calling it a “recipe for political corruption and paralysis”. Other papers are saying that it would stop our eco...(more)
Lift the Gaza Blockade Now
The global outcry against the Israeli government's assault on the flotilla of aid ships is starting to work. The Israeli government has announced small changes in the rules of the Gaza blockade. Ai...(more)
Call for a Supermarket Watchdog Now
Many farmers and farm workers in developing countries are stuck in povert...(more)Warwick and Leamington, Castle Point, East Yorkshire and Broxtowe - your chance to secure a supermarket watchdog.
Send your MP a clear message
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...(more)
bonuses are back
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...(more)
Email your MP in just 3 minutes
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...(more)
Was your MP working for you this summer?
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 more)
Act now to save Akmal Shaikh from execution: Email your MP in 2 mins
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...(more)
MP Holiday Watch: the results
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
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...(more)
Send a message to the head of Aberdeenshire council in 2 minutes
Provost Bill Howatson is the man in charge of the meeting on October 1st where Aberdeenshire Councillors can vote to stand up to Trump. Email him now in less than 2 minutes.
10:10: Ask your MP to join in
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...(more)
Email your MP in less than 2 minutes: don't top slice the BBC
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...(more)
End Child Poverty: e-mail your MP
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.
Protect Our Free Press: Stop the Gag
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...(more)
Tell the Scottish Government: don't allow dirty new coal power stations
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...(more)
Get Parliament to vote 10:10
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...(more)
Don't support extreme internet laws
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
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. ...(more)
University fees to be hiked? Email your MP in 2 minutes and tell them to think again
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...(more)
University fees to be hiked? Email your MP in 2 minutes and tell them to think again
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...(more)
End Child Poverty 38 Degrees
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.
Tell your MP "Stand up for Windfarms"
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...(more)
Don't top-slice the license fee: email your MP now in less than 2 minutes
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...(more)
24 hours to get Europe to agree a 30% minimum carbon cut
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...(more)
Tell your MP to back the Citizens' Convention Bill: Email them now in under 2 minutes
Since the MP expenses scandal, has politics really changed for the better? Has the system been cleaned up? And have voters had any say in what needs to change? The reality is that politicians hav...(more)
Tell your MP to back the Citizens' Convention Bill: Email them in under 2 minutes
Since the MP expenses scandal, has politics really changed for the better? Has the system been cleaned up? And have voters had any say in what needs to change? The reality is that politicians hav...(more)
Make a recall law a manifesto promise
Next year, there's going to be a general election. Each of the political parties will publish their plans for government in their manifestos. If we want to make sure that Parliamentary r...(more)
Note to Darling
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...(more)
Help make your MP the one to champion the Citizens' Convention Bill
Your MP could play the leading role in giving voters a real say in changing to how politics works. As one of only 20 MPs who had their names pulled out of a hat they have a chance to prop...(more)
Make sure the Citizens' Convention Bill gets chosen, email the MPs who get to decide
A small number of MPs have a chance this week to play the leading role in giving voters a real say in changing to how politics works. A tiny number of MPs have had their names pulled out...(more)
Tell the Chancellor to tax bankers' bonuses - email him now.
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...(more)
Greg Clark Webchat Questions
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...(more)
Tobacco marketing to young people: Ask your MP to get tough
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...(more)
Obama: Save the talks at Copenhagen
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...(more)
Obama - Save the talks at Copenhagen
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...(more)
Speak Up for Sudan
Urgent action must be taken now by the international community to protect civilians during this turbulent period in Sudan. Over the next twelve months, there is a real opportunity to help t...(more)
Brown: Save Akmal Shaikh
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...(more)
Don't push asylum seekers deeper into poverty - email your MP now
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...(more)
Protect Tenants from Repossessions
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
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...(more)
Feed in tariffs - email your MP now
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...(more)
Demand a cleaner Energy Bill
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...(more)
Tell your MP to vote for a change
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...(more)
North Somerset Council - say no to a bigger Bristol Airport
On March 3rd, a special meeting of North Somerset Council will vote on proposals to expand Bristol Airport. If the plans were passed, it could spell massive increases in the number of flights allo...(more)
well done, Lebedev
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...(more)
Tell your MP to support changes to make it easier to become an organ donor
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...(more)
Tell your MP to support a cleaner Energy Bill
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...(more)
How did your MP vote on Emissions Performance Standards?
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...(more)
Support changes to Parliament: e-mail your MP now
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...(more)
Perfect Speak Out
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...(more)
Support Free School Meals
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. ...(more)
Stop the BBC cuts - email the BBC now
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...(more)
Save 6 Music - email the BBC now
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...(more)
Debate The Digital Economy Bill
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
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)
Harriet - Debate The Digital Economy Bill
Harriet Harman MP, Leader of the House of Commons, will - on Thursday afternoon - have to explain the Government's plans for the Digital Economy Bill.
The Bill has suffere...(more)
Lobbying: Write to your Local Paper
George Eustice isn’t happy that we’ve been asking him to come clean about his lobbying links. He hasn’t answered our questions and instead has been avoiding the real issues by “spinning” our campai...(more)
Tell your candidates to defend the BBC
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...(more)
Oppose World Bank loan for coal plant
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
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...(more)
National Insurance: mind your own business?
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...(more)
DEB - a lobbyists' law
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...(more)
Priti Patel: come clean on your lobbying links
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...(more)
Tell your candidates to stop RBS backing tar sands 'blood oil'
RBS is the UK's largest backer of loans to tar sands companies – at least ....(more)
Stop Tesco tax dodge
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...(more)
Voting reform: write to a newspaper
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...(more)
Email a Senior Lib Dem Today
Lib Dems MPs will be meeting to decide how they're going to deal with being 'kingmakers' in the hung parliament. But there's a risk they might forget their commitment to a fairer voting system in t...(more)
Save Kiana Firouz now
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...(more)
Cut down carbon emissions, not trees
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...(more)
Academies: give us a say
The new government wants to make it easier for schools to become academies. Tell your MP to make sure that new rules don’t mean local communities have no voice when it comes to turning schools into...(more)
Permission to Work
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....(more)
Tell Osborne to keep his promise
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...(more)
Tell the coalition to keep its promise
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...(more)
Tell your MP to stop the BBC cuts
The BBC is under threat again. The Minister in charge, Jeremy Hunt, The minister in charge said next year he planned to have “tough discussions” with the BBC, and force them to cha...(more)
Ban secret lobbying
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...(more)
