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Tell George Osborne to stand firm on Capital Gains Tax
Thousands of us called for the coalition to stick to their promise to raise Capital Gains Tax and make the tax system fairer when announcing the Emergency Budget in June.
Thanks to pressure from us, Capital Gains Tax was increased by 10% but this isn't enough. Together we will continue to campaign for a fair tax system that means that the wealthiest can't avoid paying their share of the deficit in a time of savage public sector cuts.
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Hung Parliament Scare Story Generator
During the 2010 General Election scare stories about a hung parliament were bandied around by the right-wing media in an attempt to sway voters. Media moguls, such as Rupert Murdoch, made it clear that they thought they had the right to decide the outcome of the election.
But thousands of 38 Degrees members showed that they wouldn't be won over by myths and scaremongering, and got their creative juices flowing with our "Hung Parliament Scare Story Headline Generator".
Together we stood up for the right of the electorate to make an independent choice when casting their vote.
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Guardian debate - listen again
We teamed up with the Guardian to get the authors of the three main parties' manifestos on the phone for a people-powered debate. Thousands of us chose the questions they faced about issues we care about.
Click here to listen again on the Guardian website.
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Demand a Cleaner Energy Bill
The Government promised that new laws on energy would put first tackling climate change. But they recently created a new law, the Energy Bill, which doesn't set standards for the carbon emissions of new power stations. We campaigned to add proper standards for new power stations to this law but were narrowly defeated. We will continue to fight for clean emissions standards through the general election and as we move into a new parliament.
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Climate question time: listen again
Just before he left for the Copenhagen climate change conference the Minister for Climate Change, Ed Miliband, took part in an hour long phone conference with 38 Degrees members. In what was the first ever nationwide phone conference with a Minister Miliband faced questions on the Government’s climate change policy and on the prospects for a fair and binding deal at Copenhagen. Listen again here.
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Tell President Obama to show real global leadership at the climate talks
During the climate talks in Copenhagen in December, thousands of us contacted President Obama and the US Ambassador to the UK, to convince them to fight for a better deal at the summit. Together, we made sure the US President knew how many people in the UK wanted a fair, ambitious and binding deal at the talks.
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Brown: don't give up on Copenhagen
As climate negotiations in Copenhagen reached crisis point, 38 Degrees campaigners took action together to send a clear message to Prime Minister Gordon Brown that we wanted him to do everything he could to convince the international community to come back from the talks with a good deal to tackle climate change.
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Act now for a tax on bankers' bonuses
When the Chancellors plans to introduce a one off windfall tax on bankers bonuses leaked out bankers lobbyists went into overdrive to get the Government to back down. 38 Degrees members flooded the Chancellor's desk urging him to stand firm and make the banks pay their fair share after they received multi-million pound bailouts from the taxpayer. People-power won, the Chancellor imposed the tax.
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The general election
In the run up to the general election we asked you what our priorities should be during the campaign. Thousands of you got in touch and helped to shape 38 Degrees plans during the election period. 38 Degrees campaigned to open up politics to make politicians answer to us, break through the spin and get more people involved in the election. We also responded to events as they happened during the coalition negotiations, campaigning for fair votes.
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Don't Top Slice The BBC
Together, we persuaded the government to think again on controversial plans to cut the BBC's funding by handing some of the license fee to rival, commercial providers. 7,677 emailed the minister in charge, Ben Bradshaw, who had said he was determined to push the policy through. After our pressure the government backed away from this decision. We saw off this threat together, but threats to the BBC's funding and independence remain. Stand up for the BBC now.
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Action on child poverty
In 2009, we took action alongside dozens of other organisations to support the End Child Poverty Coalition's Recessions Recovery Package. Amongst other things, we called for an increase to the programme offering free school meals to children from low income households and we were successful in getting the government to extend the scheme. We'll continue to take action to protect children from the worst consequences of the recession.
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10,000 for 10:10
In the hours before a key vote 10,000 38 Degrees members urged their MP email to vote in favor of committing the Government to reduce its carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. With the vote looking like it would be very close in thousands of us flooded Parliament with phone calls to try and sway the vote. The vote was very close and we lost by a handful of votes. Our efforts ensured the government announced millions of pounds to tackle climate change ensured that the issue was forced up the Government agenda.
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MP Holiday Watch: the results
Every summer, MPs get four months off from Parliament. They claim this is to allow them to work in their constituencies - but are they using their time wisely? We asked 38 Degrees members whether their MPs were working hard for their constituents or taking an extended holiday. Read the results from our members' survey of MPs' summer recess plans here.
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Mandelson: Don't rush through extreme internet laws
When Lord Mandelson announced plans to give himself the power to order internet cut-offs without trial for suspected file sharers we teamed up with Open Rights Group to launch an urgent campaign. After thousands of people joined our campaign Mandelson backed down. When the general election was announced we and the Open Rights Group tried a last ditch effort to stop the Digital Economy Bill becoming law. Over 20,000 people contacted their MPs opposing the bill and calling for a proper debate. We forced the issue up the agenda but it has now become law.
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Keep your promise on Rape Crisis Centres, Boris
When it looked like London Mayor Boris Johnson wasn't going to honour his election pledge to fund big improvements in rape crisis centre provision, we joined with the Boris Keep Your Promise campaign to make sure he did. Thanks to our work, Boris finally agreed to provide funding for three new centres in London.
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Action to Protect Green Jobs
In summer 2009, thousands of us took action to support the campaign to save the green jobs at the Vestas wind turbine factory in the Isle of Wight. We weren't successful in protecting the factory from closure, but we did manage to send the government an overwhelming message that we want green jobs to be a big part of the recovery from the recession.
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Tell Gordon Brown We Need A Public Inquiry Into The Iraq War
When the Iraq Inquiry was first announced, the government was keen to keep it behind closed doors. Rather than take responsibility for their decisions publicly, politicians decided they'd rather have the Inquiry in private. But we took action in our thousands to make sure that every MP in Westminster saw a copy of our petition, calling on them to make sure the Inquiry was public. A few days later, it was confirmed the Inquiry would be open to everyone.
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Stop repossessions
Our campaign to stop repossessions was one of the first campaigns we ran. Working with the Big Issue, thousands of us asked the government to stop banks kicking increasing numbers of families out of their homes. While the recession lasts, the threat of repossession is a real worry for thousands of people around the country. An end to repossessions until our economy is in recovery would bring widespread peace of mind.
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