by Becca McCarthy Dec 31st, 2017
Together, we won some tough fights in 2017. Here’s what all those small actions added up to:
All of these victories started with an email just like this one. With people like you clicking a button to vote on a plan, sign a petition, contact an MP or chip in a fiver.
38 Degrees is funded by hundreds of thousands of people like you. No secret big donors or secret fundraising strategies to fall back on. So, please will you chip in a pound or two each week to keep us winning in 2018? It only takes two minutes to set up and you can bet we’re going to need it:
As 38 Degrees-ers, we’re not ones to shy away from a challenge. Or from powerful enemies like Rupert Murdoch. We roll up our sleeves and chip in our money, time, and signatures to win. But even with our determination, it’s been a tough year to be hopeful.
So if you need extra proof of our power, here are a few other things we’ve achieved together:
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If you’d like to read more about any of these amazing victories, here are some links:
The Telegraph: Bee-harming pesticides will be totally banned in the UK, Michael Gove says:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/09/uk-will-back-total-ban-bee-harmingpesticides-michael-gove-says/
38 Degrees: Our bees are saved!:
https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2017/11/09/our-bees-are-saved/
The Guardian: Scotland’s highest earners to pay £164m more in income tax:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/14/scotlands-highest-earners-to-pay-extra-164m-in-income-tax
Evening Standard: Ministers give in to rebels on Henry VIII powers:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-latest-ministers-to-give-major-concession-to-rebels-on-henry-viii-powers-a3715981.html
The Guardian: Murdochs’ Sky takeover bid to be referred to competition watchdog:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/12/murdochs-sky-takeover-bid-referred-to-competition-watchdog
38 Degrees: “Fracking cannot and will not take place in Scotland”:
https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2017/10/03/fracking-cannot-will-not-take-place-scotland/
Northamptonshire Telegraph: Agreement reached to keep Corby’s Urgent Care Centre open: https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/agreement-reached-to-keep-corby-s-urgent-care-centre-open-1-8159136
BBC News: Heart surgery: Leicester and London hospitals can continue services:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42181165
38 Degrees: Cotton bud success!:
https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2017/01/10/cotton-bud-success
38 Degrees: Seni’s Law: Success!:
https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2017/11/03/senis-law-success/
The Independent: Parents grieving death of child given two weeks paid leave from work under proposed new laws:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/parents-grieving-child-death-paid-leave-work-2-weeks-new-employment-laws-proposal-plans-allowances-a7998911.html
BBC News: Theresa May revives plan to cap energy prices:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41499483
The Guardian: Scotland to introduce soft opt-out system for organ donation:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jun/28/scotland-to-introduce-soft-opt-out-system-for-organ-donations
BBC News: Tougher measures for 999 staff attacks backed:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-41679251
38 Degrees: Four wins this week!:
https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2017/10/24/four-wins-week/